LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ousted Mali, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has been admitted to a hospital in the capital Bamako, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday quoting two anonymous sources at a clinic where the former leader is reportedly being treated. This came after the 75-year-old politician was detained for 10 days by the military junta…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Another frightening news coming from Barclayville, Grand Kru County, Liberia has revealed that the police in that part of the country are investigating the mysterious death of a man believed to be a Pastor. According to a local online platform, the Grand Kru TV, said residents of Parluken in Forpoh Statutory District…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with a renewed mandate to foster sustainable development on the continent. In goodwill messages to mark Adesina’s inauguration, Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Paul Kagame…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen blocked a group of motorcycle riders then opened fire with assault rifles in a busy downtown area in the southern Philippines, killing nine people, police said Sunday, in the latest violence to roil the volatile region. Police officials said the attack on the victims, who were mostly farmers, at noon Saturday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Conflict-riven Mali is at a crucial crossroads two weeks after a military junta took power in a coup, with calls for a thorough spring cleaning to rid the poor West African country of corruption, nepotism and misrule. The August 18 putsch has prompted Mali’s neighbours and ally and former colonial ruler France…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 46-year-old, prominent Nigerian Pastor, in Zimbabwe, Nixon Chibuzor Ohizu, has been arrested for allegedly offering a $2,000(N772,000) bribe to National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) officials. Nixon who is the head pastor of the Empowerment Ministries Church was accused of offering USD 2,000(N772,000) to two high ranking NRZ officials to reverse the…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten children have been killed by lightning in the north-western Uganda city of Arua after sheltering in a hut during a storm. The children were playing football when heavy rain forced them to take a break in a nearby grass-thatched structure which was struck by lightning. Nine children, aged 13 to 15,…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s influential imam Mahmoud Dicko, a key player in mass opposition protests this year, on Friday warned the country’s new military rulers they do not have “carte blanche” after ousting the president. “I have asked everyone to come together for Mali. I am still asking this, but that does not mean the…
