LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopia’s prime minister has submitted a letter of resignation in a surprise move that comes amid protracted anti-government protests. The resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn, who has been in power since 2012, was first reported by the state-affiliated broadcaster Fana on Thursday and follows a nationwide state of emergency last year. His stepping…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday used his first speech in office to vow to fight government corruption, in a direct reference to accusations levelled against his predecessor Jacob Zuma. “Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises and how we deal with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooter, who was equipped with a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jacob Zuma has quit as President of South Africa, finally succumbing to a slew of corruption scandals that have drained support from his ruling African National Congress party. “No life should be lost in my name and also the ANC should never be divided in my name,” he said during a nationally…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Apparently a 20-year old Kenyan lady is reported to have surprised her boyfriend with a brand new Mercedes-Benz e 200 2010 on Valentines day. The lady identified as Fridah Kariuki is a model and a student from Kenya Methodist University decided to gift her man Michael Musyimi with a new Mercedes…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor died yesterday after he drowned while baptising his church members in the river at Blood River village in Seshego outside Polokwane in South Africa. According to reports, the pastor entered the flooded river and was swept away. The church members who were about to be baptised, were left reeling from…
strong> LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-29-year-old Nigerian man, Innocent Oseghale, has been charged with the murder of Pamela Mastropietro, an 18-year-old whose dismembered body was found Wednesday in two suitcases dumped in the countryside outside Pollenza near Macerata in Marche Oseghale has also been charged with disposing of a body. Oseghale denied the charges and tried…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. The nuclear scientist, also known as “Fidelito”, or Little Fidel, because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been…
