LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mysterious viral outbreak is overwhelming some hospitals in China and prompting people to wear face masks again. Videos on social media appear to show medical units struggling with large numbers of patients. Parents were seen holding sick children amid long queues in paediatric care late at night. Many are drawing similarities…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday. Li Tie, 47, who played for the English Premier League Everton alongside Wayne Rooney in the early 2000s, is the biggest name to fall…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands gathered Monday on the streets of Yaounde, jockeying to catch a glimpse of Cameroon’s long-absent leader. Rumors about the death of 91-year-old President Paul Biya swirled after he disappeared from public view for over a month following an official visit to China. Cameroon state radio reported that Biya, a few of…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a visit to China next week to discuss cooperation on the economy, agriculture and satellite technology, a Nigerian government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Tinubu, who has set in motion deep reforms in Africa’s largest economy, will be in Beijing along with…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- In line with its strategic vision to be a dynamic and reliable global energy supplier of choice, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has commenced shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes to Japan and China on Delivered Ex-Ship (DES) basis. Olufemi O. Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina scheduled exhibitions against El Salvador and Nigeria in the United States next month as part of Copa America preparations, replacing a China tour canceled after Lionel Messi didn’t play at Inter Miami’s preseason game in Hong Kong. Argentina will play El Salvador on March 22 at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Field and Nigeria…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, has said Nigeria is losing a huge amount of money for its failure to export human faeces, cockroaches, as well as, scorpions to foreign countries. The lecturer noted that the American government gets $3.5 billion every year because it is…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chinese football fan who stormed the pitch and hugged Lionel Messi during a friendly match between Australia and Argentina in Beijing on Thursday has been placed under “administrative detention,” according to police in the Chinese capital. The fan, who is 18 years old and identified by the police as “Di,” has…