LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first-ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation. Victoire Tomegah Dogbe, 60, replaces Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday. A close ally of the president, she has served as his chief-of-staff since 2009. Togo had been due for…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of Mali’s military junta said Monday he will serve as the vice president in a transitional government that is supposed to bring about a return to democracy more than a month after a coup. The move is likely to be immediately rejected by the international community, which has called on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died peacefully Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced Tuesday. In an obituary, the family credited the patriarch with a “deep commitment to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Panama say they have detained two Panamanian nationals who were travelling in a car carrying 79 packets of illegal drugs. Local media have identified one of the detained as the governor of Guna Yala, Erick Martelo. He has since been removed from office. The police said they had been acting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West African leaders met the head of Mali’s military junta on Tuesday to press for the return to civilian rule nearly a month after rebel officers seized power in the fragile state. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Department of State Monday announced more visa restrictions on Nigerians, who it said are undermining the democratic process by their actions. The Mike Pompeo-led USDOS in a statement on its website, said: the additional visa restrictions are on individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel will enter a three-week nationwide lockdown starting on Friday to contain the spread of the coronavirus after a second- wave surge of new cases, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. During the lockdown, which comes during the Jewish high-holiday season, Israelis will have to stay within 500 metres of their…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)— Divisions deepened between Mali’s military coup leaders and the country’s political opposition movement on Sunday after the ruling junta announced a plan that would allow a military leader to oversee an 18-month transitional period. While the two sides initially were united in wanting the departure of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,…