LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three countries in Central Africa’s Congo Basin are being closely watched for the possibility of a future political upheaval or coups after the fall of the Bongo dynasty in neighboring Gabon. Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, and Equatorial Guinea are seen by analysts and long-time Africa watchers as having similar conditions of decades-long rulers,…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have carried out a deadly attack, resulting in the loss of nine lives, including that of a recently married couple in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon. The victims, identified as Simplice Lontsi Tsomene, 37, and his wife Hélène Raisa Tanga, 25, were known as loving parents to three children…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A man identified as Simon Ngonja has died a few days after he was attacked by his dog in Yaoundé, Cameroon. According to reports, the deceased, said to be a senior staff at the Prime Minister’s office, was attacked by the German Shepherd dog when he returned from a trip on…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s federal government has released the sum of N15 billion for the repatriation of Internally Displaced Nigerians from the three neighbouring countries. The internally displaced persons (IDPs) were those who flee to the neighbouring countries of Chad, Cameroon ans Niger at the height of Biko Haram and other terrorists activities in the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to pull out of a regional qualifying tournament for the 2023 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations after 25 out of 40 players failed mandatory age testing. It is the latest age fraud scandal to hit the Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC) qualifiers after…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a walk-off winning goal for Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar. Not that kind of walk-off. Aboubakar scored the winning goal in stoppage time of Cameroon’s 1-0 victory over World Cup-favorite Brazil, but he was immediately ejected after he removed his jersey in celebration and received his second yellow card of the game….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has asked the Nigerian Customs authorities to release a detained Customs officer, Owombo John Segun who exposed how refined petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are being trafficked to Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic and some other African nations. Falana made the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Ms Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, has disclosed that 500,000 Nigerians are awaiting repatriation in three countries. Suleiman-Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York at the 77th session of UN General Assembly that the refugees would be repatriated from Niger, Chad…