LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A criminal gang, which kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday, is demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly $120,000. Police spokesperson, Leonard Hlathi said Katlego Marite, 13, was dragged into a car while playing with two friends near his home in Witbank. The town is located in the eastern province of…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon’s national day Sunday was marked by violence in its troubled English-speaking region, with two policemen killed, soldiers wounded and a mayor kidnapped by suspected armed separatists. In the capital, Yaounde, in central Cameroon, President Paul Biya, who has ruled since 1982, presided over a public show of the country’s military might….
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis said on Sunday he would elevate 14 churchmen from five continents to the rank of cardinal, picking candidates that work with the poor or where Catholics are in a minority and putting his stamp on the group that will elect his successor. Making the surprise announcement during his weekly Sunday…
Lagos may 10th (newsrangers)-Government officials, journalists and elated residents of Ogembo (a small farming town in Kenya), were shocked as the Governor of Machakos County, Alfred Mutua; and others plunged into the river while taking a tour of a newly constructed footbridge. Ogembo residents had waited to have the newly constructed Ogembo Nyakorokoro footbridge inaugurated….
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and nine others have sued the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, over the conduct of ward and local government congresses of the party in Bauchi State. The plaintiffs claimed that the conduct of the congresses…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 113 people have died after a plane crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport, Cuban state media said on Friday. According to local media, it was carrying 104 passengers and nine foreign crew. The domestic flight, operated by national airline Cubana de Aviacon, crashed near…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has accused the Cameroonian government of “targeted killings”, arson and looting in its fight against an Anglophone separatist movement. In a statement following a meeting with President Paul Biya on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon called for dialogue to end an 18-month-old conflict. English-speaking rebels have killed over…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deep Kamara, the country manager of Dangote Cement Ethiopia, has been killed by gunment. According to reports by the Addis Standard, Reuters and several other Ethiopian news outlets, Kamara was shot dead on Wednesday afternoon by unknown assailants near the Dangote Cement Factory located some 85 kilometers west of Addis Ababa in…
