LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two journalists — an AFP photographer and a cameraman for a local TV station – are among 21 people killed Monday morning, as suicide bombers hit Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Wahid Majroh, the public health ministry’s spokesman who gave the latest casualty tolls said at least 27 people were wounded. No…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe has followed Lesotho by legalising the production of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, making it the second African country to turn the drug into a source of revenue. However, recreational use of the drug known in the country as ‘mbanje or dagga’ remains illegal. A government notice by the Health…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Ni¬ger¬ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border. Instead, they want U.S. immigration officials to reduce the foot traffic by screening Nigerians more stringently before granting them…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)Facing a crackdown on their favorite visa to enter the United States, hundreds of wealthy Indians are turning to another program that fast tracks immigrants to a green card. Applications from India for EB-5 visas — which give immigrants a green card if they invest $500,000 and create 10 jobs in the…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Caritas International and three major Catholic banks with balance sheets of over $7.5 billion, and several Catholic dioceses have announced their divestment from fossil fuels helping the world move to a fossil free future. “This is a perfect moment to ask Pope Francis again to divest the Vatican from the companies that…
LAGOS ARIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Obama Foundation announced Monday that it would train 200 young leaders across Africa who work in government, civil society and the private sector. The program, Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa, will launch in July, with five days of development and civic engagement workshops designed to help emerging leaders drive positive change throughout…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans were killed when a bus plunged from a bridge in North Korea, Chinese officials and state media said Monday. Two other Chinese nationals were injured in Sunday’s accident south of the capital Pyongyang, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular press briefing. Lu…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunfire was heard near Saudi Arabia’s royal palace Saturday, prompting widespread speculation as authorities said a toy drone was downed. “An official Riyadh district police spokesman said that at about 19:50 p.m. on Saturday, 5/8/1439 a security screening point in the Al-Khuzama district of Riyadh noticed a small, remote-controlled recreational aircraft (drone)…
