LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)— The man seeking to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on residents of poorer areas south of the capital to protest his rule, as three blackouts in less than a month have virtually shut down the country. Many schools and businesses have been closed for five days. “We will continue to…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burundi has banned the BBC from the country and taken its radio off the airwaves, after what the government said was the broadcaster’s “false’’ reporting on secret torture centres. “The licence to operate the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio Station is withdrawn,’’ Nestor Bankumukunzi, the head of the National Communication Council, said…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigators have released the preliminary reports from the recordings of the black box recovered from the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 that killed 157, among them 36 Kenyans. US-based Wall Street Journal (WSR) on Friday reported that a suspect anti-stall system was activated shortly before the plane nosedived into the ground, causing…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mathematics and physics teacher from a secondary school in a remote village in Kenya’s Rift Valley has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, organisers have said. Peter Tabichi, who organisers say gives away 80 percent of his monthly income to the poor, received the prize at a ceremony…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A native doctor was killed in a brutal manner while sleeping with his heavily pregnant wife in their home. According to online reports, the native doctor and his wife were allegedly killed by Cameroonian soldiers after being accused of aiding and belonging to separatists/terrorists group in Sabga in Tubah sub division…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) marks a momentous milestone for Africa but preliminary findings of the upcoming 2019 African Regional Integration Index, released at the on-going Conference of Ministers in Morocco on Saturday, indicate that regional integration in Africa remains low. The Index, known as ARII, was set up to…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The New Zealand Police are investigating death threat sent to Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, on social media, local media reported on Friday. A Twitter post containing a photo of a gun and caption “You are next’’ was sent to the prime minister. The post had been up for over 48 hours before the…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A priest was stabbed during a live-streamed morning mass Friday at Canada’s biggest church, Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, police said. The suspect was arrested at the Roman Catholic basilica shortly after the attack in front of 50 people and a television audience around 8:40 am (1240 GMT), while priest Claude Grou was…