LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two women, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee are through to the final round of selection to become the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization, according to three anonymous sources that briefed Reuters on the development. With this development, the Geneva-based WTO will be…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A migrant worker was burned to death in the Libyan capital, U.N. and government officials said Wednesday, the latest in abuses that migrants and refuges face in the conflictstricken country. The Interior Ministry of the U.N.-supported government said three Libyans on Tuesday stormed a factory in the Tripoli neighborhood of Tajoura, where…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Nigerian union traders, Kizito Obiora Ikechukwu, claimed all the 92 shops locked up by the committee belong to Nigerians and that no other foreigner’s shop had been locked up. The leadership of the Nigerian Union Traders Association of Ghana (NUTAG) has called on the government to respond to their…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, it is noted that the said United States trial of I.G celebrity, Hushpuppi, has been moved to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With information reaching us, this is actually contained in the chambers orders of Judge Otis Wright. His trial will now resume by 9:00 a.m. on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The fallout of Brexit was evident after European Union (EU) governments yesterday snubbed the UK’s former Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox, and expressed support for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the race enters the final…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of a young model and mother has been found in a mass grave after a gang of men snatched her away from family while shopping at a Mexican street market. Yessenia Estefania Alvarado, 24, was reported to be among the remains found in the shallow grave in the town of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A transition government tasked with leading Mali back to civilian rule was appointed on Monday, with numerous members of the military junta that seized power in a coup occupying key posts. Following the bloodless August 18 coup that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the junta vowed to relinquish control and hold fresh…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) President Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening to return to the White House, three days after being admitted to the hospital for treatment of complications from COVID-19. “I learned so much about coronavirus,” Trump said in a video posted to Twitter that he filmed…
