LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday a further easing of South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown from June 1, allowing the vast majority of the economy to return to full capacity. Africa’s most industrialised economy has been largely shut down since late March, when the government enforced severe restrictions to stem the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A UK court has ruled that Nigeria’s $1 billion suit against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, oil giants, cannot go on because it does not have jurisdiction over the case. Justice Christopher Butcher gave the ruling at a virtual hearing on Friday, setting back the long standing trial on the Malabu oil…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A bank executive and at least one other passenger have been pulled alive from the wreckage of an Airbus A320 which crashed after an engine failure in Pakistan today with 98 people on board. Bank of Punjab president Zafar Masood was dragged from the smoking debris of the Pakistan International Airlines flight after…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump announced Friday that all houses of worship would be considered “essential services” and urged governors to “do the right thing” and reopen them immediately — adding that he would “override” them if they didn’t. “Today, I am identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogues, and mosques, as essential places that provide…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Pakistani airliner with more than 100 people aboard crashed in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, according to reports. Images aired on national TV showed the Pakistan International Airlines flight, an Airbus A320, had slammed into a residential area. “The plane crashed in Karachi. We are trying to confirm the…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they “forgive” the killers of their father, an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row. Khashoggi — a royal family insider turned critic — was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank Group today announced its emergency operations to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) have reached 100 developing countries – home to 70% of the world’s population. Since March, the Bank Group has rapidly delivered record levels of support in order to help countries protect the poor and vulnerable, reinforce health systems, maintain…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A special anti-corruption court in Iran has sentenced a couple to death on money laundering and other charges, the judiciary said Tuesday. The couple — Najva Lasheidaei and her husband Vahid Behzadi — are said to have smuggled hard currency and laundered $200 million, said judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili. Authorities also confiscated…