LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday used his first speech in office to vow to fight government corruption, in a direct reference to accusations levelled against his predecessor Jacob Zuma. “Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises and how we deal with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jacob Zuma has quit as President of South Africa, finally succumbing to a slew of corruption scandals that have drained support from his ruling African National Congress party. “No life should be lost in my name and also the ANC should never be divided in my name,” he said during a nationally…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has taking the battle against corruption to African Union, AU summit holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia describing it as one of the greatest evils of our time. He spoke while formally launching the African Anti-Corruption Year 2018 during the Opening Ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daphne Caruana Galizia, a prominent Maltese journalist and blogger who made repeated and detailed corruption allegations against Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s inner circle, was killed by a car bomb on Monday. Muscat condemned the killing as a “barbaric” act and ordered security services to devote maximum resources to bringing those responsible to…