LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The clamour for reparations is growing louder. Last month, Laura Trevelyan announced that she is doing penance for the sins of her slave-owning ancestors by giving £100,000 to an economic development fund in Grenada. Having left the BBC, she began her campaign by challenging King Charles to apologise for William III’s investment…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder, Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome says it is high time Africans should stop claiming to be black as black signifies absence of direction and evil. He said the toga: ‘Black lives matter’ should stop, as Africans were not black. In a telecast to members of his church, Oyakhilome said “Maybe I…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior Pastor and founder, Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman is in the news again. This time, he has revealed plans by his church to float an airline and recruit 3,000 Africans to work with the new airline. Suleman, recently joined the league of jet owners, as he acquired one to…
LAGOS MAY 12 (NEWSRANGERS)-An Australian grandmother on Thursday lamented the $480,000 (N173m), she lost to three different online scammers, who happen to be Africans. The grandmother identified as Suzie admits to being ‘gullible’ and ‘brainwashed’ in the past – having sold her home and parted with close to half a million dollars in order to…
LAGOS ARIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Obama Foundation announced Monday that it would train 200 young leaders across Africa who work in government, civil society and the private sector. The program, Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa, will launch in July, with five days of development and civic engagement workshops designed to help emerging leaders drive positive change throughout…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump has “intentionally divid[ed] the country and the world” during his first year in office, former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told the Lincoln Journal-Star for a story published this weekend. The president is “doing great damage to our country internationally,” said Hagel, a former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska….