LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Navy’s newest Offshore Survey Vessel, NNS LANA today, arrived In Banjul, Gambia as she continues her homeward voyage to Nigeria. The ship was received by a navy delegation and officials of the Nigerian High Commission in Gambia. The vessel is expected to stay in Gambia for 3 days, before departing for…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-George Weah Jr, the son of Liberia’s president, was brought into custody on Wednesday morning over charges of public disorder for noise nuisance related to a house party in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to French media. George Weah Junior, son of the president of Liberia, was brought before the judicial…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who was seen as a possible successor to President Alassane Ouattara, has died in Freiburg in southwestern Germany, two days after his 56th birthday, the government said on Wednesday. A former media executive who turned to politics, Bakayoko acted as a negotiator and intermediary between warring…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, has been hospitalised in Paris, France, after falling ill, TheCable understands. However, contrary to speculations, he has not been diagnosed with COVID-19. TheCable understands he tested negative for COVID-19 before travelling to the UK in December. He initially complained of exhaustion and had travelled out…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse died of coronavirus on Friday aged 71, his family and party said, after being held hostage for six months by jihadists earlier this year. Cisse “died in France, where he had been taken for Covid-19 care,” a member of his family told AFP. “I can confirm this…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Liberian warlord has been ordered to stand trial in France for war crimes committed during the west African country’s bloody 1989-2003 conflict, judicial sources told AFP on Thursday. Kunti Kamara is accused of torture and complicity in acts of torture during the first of Liberia’s back-to-back civil wars, which together…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s education minister on Friday said 22 schools have had to shut on French territory due to the coronavirus since pupils returned to school this week, emphasising that over half of these were in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 5,000 fans saw the Ligue 1 champions beat Le Havre, with supporters allowed into stadiums for the first time since early March. Paris Saint-Germain crushed Le Havre 9-0 in a friendly as France allowed supporters back into football stadiums for the first time since lockdown. The occasion was described as “a victory…