LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s decolonisation is far from being complete as the United Kingdom holds onto an archipelago, a group of islands in the Indian ocean as its colony. And this is despite UN resolution asking the old colonialist to leave. The islands belong to Mauritius, but UK declined to let them go in 1965,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lebanese security forces briefly arrested five youths, including three minors, for allegedly pulling down a sign for the president’s political party, sparking outrage Sunday on social media. Defence lawyers said the five were taken into custody on Saturday evening in the town of Hammana east of Beirut over claims they tore down…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 27 people were killed, including some on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, a rescue official said. The propeller plane, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of eight South African police officers charged with the torture and murder of Nigerian National, Ibrahim Olamilekan Badmus, is underway at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa. The eight police officers – two women and six men – were arrested in October 2017 by police watchdog, the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Disgraced Prince Andrew has been kicked out of his offices at Buckingham Palace. The British royal got his marching orders and was told to clear out on Friday — just days after announcing he was formally stepping away from official duties after a “car crash” of an interview defending his friendship with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As two weeks of televised impeachment hearings and wall-to-wall coverage came to a close, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll showed that a majority of registered voters believe Donald Trump abused his powers as president of the United States. But the country remained divided over the question of whether he should be impeached…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust, the country’s justice ministry said Thursday, throwing the country’s political scene into even greater disarray and raising the prospect that the country’s longest-serving leader will be forced out of office. The 70-year-old prime minister has…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), yesterday, gave a final ultimatum to foreigners involved in retail trade to leave the markets. In furtherance with the eviction order, GUTA, consented to open temporarily, all recently closed shops to enable the owners pack their wares and move out. The traders Union in a…