LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 19 Myanmar police officers have crossed the border into India in the latest sign of growing dissent within the security forces and civil service officials who are opposed to the military coup. The first reported case of police fleeing the country came as one of the country’s top diplomats resigned…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Few days after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala assumed office as the first female head and first African to lead the World Trade Organization her sister, Dr. Njideka Udochi, has emerged as the family doctor of the year 2021 in Maryland, USA. Udochi,who is a graduate of medicine from the University of Nigeria, with over…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department executed a search warrant to investigate the black box from the car Tiger Woods crashed last week. Sheriff’s Deputy John Schloegl confirmed to USA Today on Tuesday that the department sought data from the car to determine if criminal charges were necessary. He characterized the warrant…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned Monday in the face of sexual misconduct allegations, apologising for tasks he “failed to do well”. Local news outlets have since late last month been awash with audio recordings of phone conversations allegedly of Mohadi soliciting sex from several women, including a subordinate in his office….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar amid the nation’s preparation to host the 2022 World Cup, The Guardian reports. The report cites government data from the home nations of migrant workers, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The data have been compiled since Qatar was awarded the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump made as much as $1.6bn during his four years as president according to a report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Having reviewed the former president’s financial disclosures, the group claims that while Mr Trump took credit for donating his official salary, funded by US taxpayers, that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was dropping a legal challenge to Uganda’s presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, saying Supreme Court justices hearing the case were biased. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo was killed in a botched kidnapping on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the east of the country. Italy’s Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement that the Italian ambassador to Congo, Luca Attanasio, was killed. The convoy was attacked near…