LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Europe’s biggest bank, BNP-Paribas, has been charged with “laundering” tens of millions of euros worth of public money in France for the family of Gabon’s late leader Omar Bongo, in what plaintiffs have called a “historic first”. After decades of relative impunity, French courts have in recent years sought to clamp down…
CHIEF MALCOLM EMOKINIOVO OMIRHOBO 121 Okota Road Isolo, Lagos State omirhobo@yahoo.com 08033072453 António Guterres The Secretary General of the United Nations UN House Plot 617/618, Central Area District, Diplomatic Zone PMB 2851, Garki, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Dear Sir RE : SOS ON THE UNABATED, INTERNALISED, SYSTEMATIC AND INSTITUTIONALISED GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA: I am a Nigerian…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has said that the $7 million bounty placed on the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, will not be given to members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province. The US made this known via a tweet by its State Department Rewards for Justice Program while…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Multinational oil giant Shell has revealed its intention to withdraw from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector. Making this known at Shell’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, the CEO, Van Beurden, said his organisation was in talks with the Nigerian government to work out how to exit its onshore licenses. Mr Beurden explained that…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the European countries and global financial institutions to consider reducing the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria and other African economies by restructuring debt portfolios and providing complete debt relief. Mr Buhari made the call at the Financing Africa Summit held at the Grande…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Israeli military has been bombarding the Gaza strip for more than a week, launching attacks on residential and media buildings, refugee camps, and important infrastructure. The heaviest exchange of fire in years – sparked by unrest in Jerusalem – has killed 220 in Gaza, including 63 children, and 12 in Israel….
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters took to the streets in London on Saturday to demonstrate against the ongoing violence in the Middle East. (May 15)Thousands of demonstrators marched from Hyde Park to the Israeli embassy in Kensington, after a week in which at least 126 people have been killed in Gaza and seven people have been…