Former President Barack Obama has tested for positive for COVID-19, he announced on Twitter on Sunday. Former First Lady Michelle Obama has tested negative so far, Obama said. “I just tested positive for COVID. I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” the former president tweeted. “Michelle and I…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“Archbishop Tutu was a towering global figure for peace and an inspiration to generations across the world. During the darkest days of apartheid, he was a shining beacon for social justice, freedom and non-violent resistance. … Although Archbishop Tutu’s passing leaves a huge void on the global stage, and in our hearts,…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Sarah Onyango Obama, a Kenyan educator and philanthropist who promoted education for girls and orphans, was laid to rest on Tuesday (March 30). She was also former U.S. President Barack Obama’s grandmother. In her home village of Kogelo in eastern Kenya, mourners chanted and wailed for the woman popularly known as ‘Mama…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, has died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99. Affectionately called Granny Sarah by the former president, Mrs Obama defended her grandson during his 2008 presidential campaign, when he was said to be Muslim and not born in the US. Her home became a…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump was among those who took to Twitter on Sunday after the sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash early on Sunday morning outside of Los Angeles. He was 41. Trump called the…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a surprise announcement that could upset African politics for years to come, former American President Barack Obama has confirmed this morning his candidacy in the 2021 Kenyan presidential campaign. Son of a Kenyan senior governmental economist, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., the politician who served as the 44th President of the United States…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michelle Obama has visited late Dora Akunyili’s daughter at work. The former US first lady visited Nigerian born Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Njideka, a visual artist sold a 2017 botanical painting — Bush Babies for $3.4m and evr since then, she has been rated among the best in America. The visit was announced…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has alleged in his new book ‘My Transition Hours’ that ex-US President Barack Obama interfered in the country’s presidential election in 2015. According to Jonathan, Obama allegedly took sides ahead of the 2015 presidential election after sending the then U.S Secretary of State, John Kerry,…