LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nurses in Eswatini are refusing to treat police officers as they accuse them of shooting colleagues during a pro-democracy rally on Wednesday. Protests in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, formerly known as Swaziland, have swept the country since June. Some internet services, such as Facebook, were temporarily shut down this week in response…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Traveling around the world is known to be a difficult affair for holders of African passports due to restrictive visa rules. Now a new global passport index is offering a different take on the ranking of passports. Besides taking into account visa-free access, it looks at building mobility, investment opportunity, and quality…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An Afghan volleyball player on the girls’ national team was beheaded by the Taliban — with gruesome photos of her severed head posted on social media, according to her coach. Mahjabin Hakimi, one of the best players in the Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club, was slaughtered in the capital city of Kabul as…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, has been named in the criminal case of a U.S. congressman Jeff Fortenberry who prosecutors say lied to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign from foreign nationals. According to Associated Press, the indictment alleges that Fortenberry, U.S. Representative of Nebraska repeatedly lied to and misled…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21 (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight Nigerian men accused of an internet dating scam have been charged in a South African court after a massive international operation involving the FBI and Interpol. Authorities in the US, where the investigation originated and most of the alleged victims are based, have applied for their extradition. They are accused of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taliban have promised plots of land to the family members of suicide bombers who targeted U.S. and Afghan forces, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry tweeted Tuesday. The tweet, posted in English, echoed an announcement made the previous day by acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who offered clothes and roughly $112…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial blogger and daughter of a former Governor of Oyo State, Dr. Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, alleges that the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has been poisoned in the Benin Republic prison where he is being held. THEWILL had recently reported that Igboho was said to be sick in the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A medical inquiry has heard that a Nigerian doctor Francis Megwa, who was employed as a senior house officer at University Maternity Hospital Limerick knew “near nothing” and was unable to take blood samples and insert intravenous drips and had to ask what an obstetrician was. Megwa is accused of two counts…
