LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroonian security operatives have arrested a former member of the parliament Blama Malla for alleged ties with the Boko Haram terrorist group, HumAngle reports. Malla is a member of the country’s ruling party – Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement (CPDM). Multiple security sources told HumAngle that Blama Malla is being held in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus after a week in which he held a series of meetings with some of Europe’s most senior leaders. The news has prompted Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, who met Macron on Monday, to suspend all his public activities and enter self-isolation. A statement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Republic of Benin, a border sharing boundary with Nigeria in the South West of the country were in celebration mood after the announcement of the reopening of closed border by the Federal Government. The largest city of Benin republic is popularly known as Cotonou, Nigerians use to visit the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia reduced its budget plan for 2021 by 7 percent from this year’s in response to the economic fallout of the pandemic, which pushed oil prices to multi-year lows. Reuters reported that Riyadh will spend some $264 billion next year, or 990 billion riyals, as it battles a substantial deficit resulting…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police used pepper balls and a dog on Udofia, responding to calls that a man was acting erratically. Police in Phoenix, Arizona have released body-camera video showing former NFL player Ekom Udofia being shot to death by officers at least 10 times. The shooting occurred on Nov. 30, and the bodycam footage…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia sought to deploy a ten-man security team with diplomatic immunity to Norway in an attempt to target a critic of Mohammad bin Salman, the Kingdom’s Crown Prince, according to Norwegian media reports. Dagbladet, one of Norway’s largest newspapers, reported that Saudi Arabia requested in the summer of 2018 that all…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. As Biden appealed to Americans to “turn the page” on the divisive contest, electors…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Australia has become the first country to scrap a coronavirus vaccine project after a shot developed as part of the $750 million plan led trial participants to falsely test positive for HIV. The University of Queensland and the Australian biotech firm CSL had been conducting clinical trials on a prototype vaccine with…