LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Social media, streaming services and global news outlets including the New York Times and CNN were hit Tuesday by outages, with some users unable to access the sites. Some visitors to the affected websites received error messages that read, “Error 503 Service Unavailable,” while others read simply, “connection failure.” The United Kingdom’s…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has summoned the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union in Nigeria over their recent comments on the suspension of microblogging site Twitter in the West African Country. This was contained in an invitation to pressmen issued on Monday morning by Kimiebi Ebienfa of…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the first details of the U.S. sending 80 million COVID-19 vaccines overseas with the aim of “ending the pandemic globally.” The Biden administration has been under pressure to provide other hard-hit nations with some of its abundant supply and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said at…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Refugees International has advised that Joe Biden administration has much more to do to restore and reform the United States asylum system and to welcome asylum seekers with humanity and dignity, stressing that where it falls short, Congress must step in. A statement signed by Sarah Sheffer, Director of Communications of…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s largest navy ship, known as the Kharg, caught on fire on Wednesday and sunk in the Gulf of Oman, according to state media. Details: The fire broke out at around 2:25 a.m. while the ship was near Iran’s Port of Jask, a major shipping lane. No casualties were reported and the…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen opened fire at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination on Tuesday, wounding the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, the military and local media said. Four attackers on motorcycles sprayed bullets at a four-wheel drive vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several hundred Malians rallied in the capital Bamako on Friday to support the army, as well as Russia, AFP journalists said, after the military reasserted control in the unstable Sahel state this week. Military officers detained transitional president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane on Monday, before stripping them of their…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders of Mali’s military have released interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane from detention following intervention from former President Goodluck Jonathan who is the mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Mali. The former President had travelled to Bamako on Tuesday to meet with the…
