LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting on top of a yellow jerry can of fuel, Jeannine waits for customers on a sidewalk in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, but business is slow. The motorbikes and cars she normally supplies are no longer stopping to stock up on her cheap gasoline, which is smuggled in from neighbouring Nigeria. Since…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gasoline prices in the US just saw the biggest single-day drop in more than a decade. Average US pump prices fell by 3.1 cents to $4.721 a gallon overnight, marking the largest daily drop since December 2008, according to auto club AAA. Prices at the pump have been falling for the past…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran is experiencing its deadliest political unrest since the Islamic Revolution 40 years ago, with at least 180 people killed — and possibly hundreds more — as angry protests have been smothered in a government crackdown of unbridled force. It began two weeks ago with an abrupt increase of at least 50%…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old twisted teenager has killed a 91-year-old World War veteran by beating, dousing him with gasoline, and setting him on fire. The 91-year-old, Paul Monchnik had been living in Detroit and was a friendly and active member of the Detroit community. Paul Monchnik became a USA immigrant at the age of…