LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A top Catholic Church figure is calling on Pope Francis to resign after another official published a letter accusing senior Vatican officials of covering up widespread sexual abuse for decades. “I do think it’s about limiting the days of this pope, and short of that, neutering his voice or casting ambiguity around…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 9-year-old boy has committed suicide after being bullied for his sexuality, according to a Denver mom. Jamel Myles just started fourth grade last Monday and was eager to open up to his peers after coming out as gay to his mom over the summer. “And he looked so scared when he…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump believes the market wouldn’t react well if he were to be impeached. “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash,” Trump told Fox News. “I think everybody would be very poor. Because without this thinking you would see, you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five human rights activists, including a female rights defender, rights groups have said. Israa al-Ghomgham, a Shia activist arrested with her husband in 2015, will be tried in the country’s terrorism tribunal even though charges she faces are only related to peaceful activism, Human…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-American Muslims on Tuesday marked the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca with the four-day festivities of Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s most important religious holidays. As did fellow Muslims around the world, many Muslims in the United States started their celebration with a morning prayer at mosques and Islamic centers….
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Satan worshippers turned out to cheer the unveiling of a bronze statue dedicated to a goat-headed winged creature called Baphomet in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Satanic Temple organisation arranged the rally outside the Arkansas State Capitol building to protest a Ten Commandments monument already on the grounds. Although the striking, eight-and-a-half-foot tall…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Pope Francis kissed baby Gianna Masciantonio in 2015, some saw it as an encouraging sign. The 1-year-old had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, Philadelphia’s Fox 29 News reported at the time. Doctors had not expected that she would make it to her first birthday, but she overcame the odds —…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Celebrated United Nations diplomat Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. Annan’s foundation announced his passing in Switzerland on Saturday. It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully…