LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of prominent media and freedom of expression organizations across the continent, today condemned the October 2, 2018 gruesome murder of renowned Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, saying a country that indulges in such barbaric behaviour ought…
http://ift.tt/2xViH1r LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the world’s richest woman whose old age was clouded by dementia, has died at the age of 94, her family said Thursday. “Liliane Bettencourt died last night at home,” her daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyers said in a statement. Bettencourt, the cosmetics giant’s principal shareholder, was the 14th…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tribunal in Argentina on Wednesday upheld a six-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from holding public office against former President Cristina Fernández, a dominant political leader in recent years in the South American country. Fernández was convicted and sentenced in 2022 by a three-judge panel for a fraud scheme that…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s detained president was seen by his doctor on Saturday, his entourage said amid mounting concern for his condition, while Nigerian religious leaders met the officers who seized power last month to try to defuse the crisis. The Muslim leaders visited the capital Niamey with the blessing of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu,…
http://ift.tt/2A4GoBz An African migrant living in Greece raises his chained hands during a protest Saturday in Athens against recent reports of migrant slavery in Libya. (Costas Baltas/Reuters/) LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After years of ignoring the sale of human beings in Libya, leaders from Europe and Africa have been making a grand show of shock and…
LAGOS JULY 16TH )NEWSRANGERS)-Man Utd sign Denmark international Christian Eriksen; midfielder turns down offer from Brentford to sign three-year deal at Old Trafford; Eriksen: “Manchester United is a special club, and I cannot wait to get started” Manchester United have completed the signing of Christian Eriksen on a three-year deal following a rigorous medical. The…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daily Trust photojournalist, Benedict Uwalaka narrowly escaped death after a group of fifteen traders at Anifowose street in Kontagora market, Abule- Egba, Lagos on Sunday assaulted him while taking pictures. The traders accosted and beat Uwalaka, describing him as an ‘informant’ working with the government. According to Uwalaka, who sustained injury…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS) A man whose identity is being withheld from Amaigbo in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday hanged himself after he was caught having canal knowledge of his daughter. A source from the community who confided in our correspondent narrated that the man has been forcing her 17 year…