Officials: Nigerian Migrant Burned Alive In Libya’s Tripoli

LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A migrant worker was burned to death in the Libyan capital, U.N. and government officials said Wednesday, the latest in abuses that migrants and refuges face in the conflictstricken country. The Interior Ministry of the U.N.-supported government said three Libyans on Tuesday stormed a factory in the Tripoli neighborhood of Tajoura, where…

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EU Shuns United Kingdom, Supports Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Top Job

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The fallout of Brexit was evident after European Union (EU) governments yesterday snubbed the UK’s former Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox,  and expressed support for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the race enters the final…

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Members Of Military Junta Occupy Key Posts In Mali’s Interim Govt

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A transition government tasked with leading Mali back to civilian rule was appointed on Monday, with numerous members of the military junta that seized power in a coup occupying key posts. Following the bloodless August 18 coup that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the junta vowed to relinquish control and hold fresh…

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Trump Returns To White House After Three Days Of Fighting Covid-19

LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) President Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening to return to the White House, three days after being admitted to the hospital for treatment of complications from COVID-19. “I learned so much about coronavirus,” Trump said in a video posted to Twitter that he filmed…

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