Thousands of people protested in Paris Sunday over the death in custody of a Mauritanian immigrant worker. The AFP reports that they yelle slogans against “a police force that kills us”. The controversy over his death is just the latest in a series of cases in which activists have accused French police of racism and violence. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies to bolster security operations in several parts of the country. This was disclosed in a post via X on Tuesday by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). “U.S. forces delivered critical military supplies to our Nigerian partners in Abuja. This delivery…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Spanish National Police have arrested 34 members of Black Axe, including 10 individuals of Nigerian nationality, in a coordinated multi-agency raid. The operation against the group, dubbed an international criminal organisation, was conducted in collaboration with the European Police and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office. A statement on Friday by…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump has warned that he could order more airstrikes on Nigeria if Christians continue to be killed in the West African nation. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, Trump was asked whether the Christmas Day strikes in Nigeria’s northern Sokoto state, targeting Islamist militants, were part…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa has said it will clamp down on unregistered traditional initiation schools for young men, after at least 41 died in recent coming-of-age rites involving circumcision. Tens of thousands of teenagers take part in highly secretive initiations each year as a rite of passage into manhood practised by some of…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nicolas Maduro’s congressman son called on Sunday for Venezuelans to take to the streets following his father’s ouster by US forces and transfer to a New York jail. “You will see us in the streets, you will see us by people’s sides, you will see us fly the flag of dignity,” Nicolas…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After President Donald Trump expanded the travel ban he put in place during his first term in the White House to 20 more countries and the Palestinian Authority last December, at least three other nations responded in turn with visa bans for Americans. On Dec. 26, the West African nation of Niger…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 1100 vehicles were set on fire and over 500 people detained across France during New Year’s Eve celebrations, the country’s Interior Ministry has revealed. In accordance with the Interior Minister’s firm instructions, which required a high degree of responsiveness and mobility, law enforcement intervened immediately in cases of violence or…