LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s junta has expelled the UN’s top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict. Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared “persona non grata” because of her role in drafting the report that came out in March. Covering a two-year period, the study…
By Rev (Dr) Dike Okafor LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Few days ago, my attention was drawn to an online publication written by one Emmanuel Udom of www.newrangers.com, quoting Rev Dr Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, the Bishop of the Abeokuta Catholic Diocese in Ogun state. In the said publication, which went viral, the impression was that Mary,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC. The agency said the “vast majority” of the violations were assault, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary and “support for terrorism”. The move comes as the Trump administration…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigeria is poised to deliver clean and sustainable energy solutions not just in-country but also across Africa and beyond. The President made the remarks yesterday at the commissioning ceremony of a 40,000 cubic meters (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel, christened “MT Iyaloja (Lagos),” in Ulsan,…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 18 people died and another nine were injured after a bus skidded off a bridge and plunged into a river in Algeria. On Friday, Aug. 15, the bus was traveling near the Oued El Harrach river in Algeria’s capital of Algiers when it fell off the bridge into…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-British Airways on Friday denied 58 passengers boarding on its Abuja-London flight following a faulty door. For safety reasons, the airline had to keep some seats unoccupied, as confirmed by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Director of Public Relations and Consumer Protection of NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, confirmed the development in…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- — Yemeni authorities announced on Wednesday a crackdown on smuggling networks moving African migrants through the country, after more than 90 Ethiopian migrants died when a boat capsized off southern Abyan province earlier this month. Abyan police said in a statement they would take “strict measures against anyone proven to be…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer who shot and killed his wife, a police sergeant in an alleged domestic dispute, was killed by a community in Limpopo after the shooting. It is understood that Hlanganani police in the Mopani District were called to two incidents of murder that took place at Nkuna Kraal Mall, in…