LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman of Boeing acknowledged Thursday for the first time that a new maneuvering system was responsible for two plane crashes that killed almost 350 people, and he apologized to the families and friends of the victims. “We at Boeing are sorry for the lives lost in the recent 737 accidents and…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A newly-born baby from a family of Nigerian migrants in Italy has died following a botched home circumcision, the second such incident in little over a week, news reports said on Wednesday. According to the ANSA news agency, the baby, only a few weeks old, was found dead at home in Genoa,…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Algerian President Bouteflika has resigned, bowing to mass protest, Algeria’s state news agency APS reported on Monday. He will give up his office before his designated end-of-term date on April 28. The decision came after hundreds of people demonstrated in Algiers against Bouteflika’s new government. Protesters carried slogans describing the new cabinet as…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received multimillion-dollar homes and are being paid thousands of dollars per month by the kingdom’s authorities, the Washington Post has reported. Khashoggi – a contributor to the Post and a critic of the Saudi government – was killed and dismembered in October at the…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zuzana Caputova has been elected as the first female president in Slovakia in the last week elections. The 45-year old newcomer to politics, defeated high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic in a run-off vote held on Saturday. She won 58 per cent of the vote with Mr Sefcovic on 42 per cent, with the…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five Nigerians, have been arrested for allegedly robbing a bureau de change in Sharjah of Dh2.3 million, the police said on Sunday. According to khaleejtimes.com the men barged into the exchange and smashed the glass barrier between the customers and the staff, stole the money in multiple currencies and fled. Two employees…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Uganda’s incumbent president Yoweri Museveni has stepped down after ruling the East African country for 33 years. Museveni has been in power since he took over from notorious Ugandan leaders Idi Amin. Museveni was involved in rebellions that toppled notorious Ugandan leaders Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85) before capturing power…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis who is on visit to Morocco warned political leaders who want to build walls to keep out migrants “end up prisoners of the walls that they build.” Francis said he simply couldn’t understand in his head or his heart how a government could be so cruel as to put up…