LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior lecturer at the has come out to share his experience about how a Nigerian female student in one of the country’s universities offered him sex-for-grade. Acheampong who spoke on Ahotor FM said: “She was a Nigerian student.” According to Dr. Acheampong, the student had included “her naked picture and telephone…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American airline has grounded two Boeing jets after finding cracks in parts that connect the wings to the fuselage. A Brazilian airline has also grounded 11 Boeing 737s after finding evidence of “the need to replace a specific component”. Southwest Airlines and Brazil’s Gol Linhas Aereas were among the companies which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of foreign nationals on Wednesday camped outside the Cape Town offices of the UN refugee agency demanding to be removed from South Africa saying they were no longer safe. Around 250 foreigners, many claiming to be asylum seekers from various African countries, vowed not to leave the premises until the United…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Web Summit has just announced that Edward Snowden, American NSA whistleblower, is set to address over 70,000 attendees at Web Summit in Lisbon. This November, Edward Snowden will speak live to the Web Summit audience in Lisbon down the line from Russia where he has been granted temporary asylum. Snowden made news…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian parliament has passed a reform – with 553 yeas to 14 nays – that would cut the number of lawmakers by over one third. After Tuesday’s vote the number of senators in the Upper House is to drop from 315 to 200, while that of deputies in the Lower House…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The White House has issued a formal objection to House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Trump without an official vote. In a blistering letter to House Democrats, the White House’s lawyer said President Trump “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) announced…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Gyampo, has vowed to initiate legal action against BBC over its “Sex for grades” documentary. In the documentary, released on Monday, October 7, BBC Africa Eye investigation torchlight sexual harassment from Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, a lecturer at the College…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal on Tuesday because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767…