LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mask-wearing customers have been banned from entering a bar in Texas amid the coronavirus pandemic, local news outlets reported this week. A sign posted outside the Liberty Tree Tavern in Elgin, 25 miles east of Austin, reads: Due to our concern for our customers, if they FEEL (not think), that they need…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A very young and vibrant Ghanaian blogger known as Germaine has reportedly died. In reference to reports, he died from Coronavirus in South Africa. The news surrounding his death is reported by a colleague blogger known as Gizo. A check on Germaine’s personal Facebook account reveals his last post was made on…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate or close down” social media platforms. The threat came a day after microblogging service provider, Twitter, labelled his tweet on voting by mail as misleading. Trump said in a tweet on Wednesday: “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices….
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters clashed with riot police firing tear gas for a second night in Minneapolis on Wednesday in an outpouring of rage over the death of a black man seen in a widely circulated video growing limp and lifeless as a white officer knelt on his neck. The video, taken by an onlooker…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia said it will end its nationwide coronavirus curfew from June 21, except in the holy city of Mecca, the interior ministry said Tuesday, after more than two months of stringent curbs. Prayers will also be allowed to resume in all mosques outside Mecca from May 31, the ministry said in…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of children in face masks flocked back to school in Ivory Coast on Monday after the country became one of the first in West Africa to restart lessons after a two-month coronavirus shutdown. With a total of 2,376 cases and dozens of new infections each day, Ivory Coast has yet to…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obi Okeke AKA Invictusobi has confessed to committing all the fruad allegations brought against him by the Federal Bureau for Inivestigation (FBI) in the USA. The celebrity motivational speaker who was listed on Forbes as one of the young people to look up to in Africa made the confession in exchange for…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Courtroom 317 of the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday to become the first serving Israeli premier to stand trial, sitting on the defendant’s bench and answering “yes” to confirm he had read the corruption charges in the three cases against him. The prime minister will be allowed…