LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, the Health authorities in Ivory Coast are investigating a suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus in a female student who arrived from China, officials have said. The said student, whom authorities have not named, is the first person to be tested for the virus on the continent, CNN reports….
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is noted that a high-profile French restaurateur is stepping down from the restaurant he founded after more than three dozen customers reportedly contracted sexually transmitted diseases after eating there. Jacques DeNoiret had previously won many prestigious awards in his decade-long ownership of restaurant Le Gallion, including a coveted Michelin three-star rating….
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people died Sunday as hundreds of people took to the streets demanding the resignation of Gambian President Adama Barrow who wants to extend his term. They were the first deaths since protests erupted months ago against Barrow, who pledged in late 2016 to step down after three years in office. Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump was among those who took to Twitter on Sunday after the sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash early on Sunday morning outside of Los Angeles. He was 41. Trump called the…
LAGOS JANUARY27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Los Angeles County officials said the Sunday morning helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also claimed the lives of seven other victims. Los Angeles County fire chief Daryl Osby said after receiving a 911 call just before 10 a.m. on Sunday, they discovered a brush fire…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man has died after falling from the 12th floor of his apartment while allegedly attempting to evade immigration officers. The man, known as Ogodor, from Uli, Anambra state, fell from the Gading Nias Apartment in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday, January 23, 2020. There are conflicting reports about how he died. Some Nigerians…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I know this will sound like a shade to Nigerian churches, but it is honestly not, it is the reality that is happening else where in the world! The church is giving back to people contributing to it, you never know this was possible right? Read on A church in Brazil has…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A banker implicated in the embezzlement and money-laundering case against Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, has been found dead in Lisbon. Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, 45, managed the account of oil firm Sonangol, formerly chaired by Ms Dos Santos, at the small Portuguese lender EuroBic. His death, on Wednesday, was reported…