LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 worshippers were killed in eastern Ghana when a three-storey church building collapsed, local officials said Thursday, with more people, feared trapped in the rubble. One survivor told local media that some 60 people were inside the building belonging to the Church of Prosperity when it collapsed Tuesday in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of personally ordering Khashoggi’s brutal execution in order to silence the government critic. The lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz and Democracy for the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest movement that broke out last year demanding greater equality in Chile. The demonstration comes just a week before Chileans vote in a referendum on whether to replace the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump suggested Friday he might take drastic action if he loses to Democrat Joe Biden. He might even leave the country, he said. “Running against the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics puts pressure on me,” Trump told supporters at an airport campaign rally in Macon, Georgia. “Could…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document obtained from the US Government website showed. In a 19-page document published on the website, Nigeria is the only African country barred from the visa lottery. “For DV-2022, persons born in the following countries are not eligible to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old British woman, Tara Hanlon, was traveling through London’s Heathrow Airport when authorities discovered up to $2 million in her suitcases, according to The Sun. Hanlon was charged with money laundering and could spend up to 14 years behind bars. Minister for immigration compliance and the courts, Chris Philp, called the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic church in Pearl River, Louisiana, has burned the altar where its former pastor was caught having sex with two women. “His behavior was obscene, his desecration of the altar is demonic,” said Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, who consecrated a new altar at the church Sunday, WVUE reports. The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two women, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee are through to the final round of selection to become the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization, according to three anonymous sources that briefed Reuters on the development. With this development, the Geneva-based WTO will be…