LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A heartbreaking tragedy has struck King David Junior High School, Uganda after a bus carrying pupils on an excursion was involved in a fatal road accident, claiming the lives of 23 students. According to reports circulating on social media, the pupils were returning from an excursion when their bus got involved in…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Police in Zomba are investigating the death of Mary Hamba Nyirenda, an assistant lecturer at the University of Malawi, who was found dead at her home in the Zakazaka area of Zomba city on the evening of 19 July. According to Constable Andrew Mwale, deputy public relations officer for Zomba police…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada has introduced major changes to its visa system for international students, a move that directly affects applicants from Africa. The update by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is aimed at managing the rising number of foreign students, reducing pressure on housing and public services, and strengthening the study permit system….
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada after hundreds of wildfires have left much of the northern US covered by a blanket of smoke. The threat follows complaints by US lawmakers over the wildfires and Ontario’s premier Doug Ford asking the US to send support to fight…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire burning at an orphanage in Algeria‘s capital has killed at least 11 people including children, authorities said Thursday, amid a heatwave that has sparked hundreds of blazes in the country’s north. Firefighters had been battling to extinguish the flames since before dawn in the Mohammadia suburb of Algiers. “At around…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment seeking to withhold 100 per cent of the country’s assistance to Nigeria until the federal government takes effective steps to prevent and respond to terrorism and violence, significantly tightening an earlier proposal that sought to suspend only half of the aid….
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The death toll from the earthquakes that devastated Venezuela last month has risen to more than 4,300 people, a government official said Saturday. The June 24 twin quakes in La Guaira — the first a 7.2-magnitude shock, followed seconds later by another reaching magnitude 7.5 — were the biggest the country…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zambia Vice President Mutale Nalumango escaped unhurt on Thursday when a military helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff during a campaign tour in Nakonde, ahead of next month’s general election. The Zambia Air Force aircraft went down within moments of leaving a rally venue in Nakonde District, Muchinga Province, where Nalumango had addressed…
