LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before the morning rush begins, the sound of praise and worship fills the Neoplan bus station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, as a group of Christians gather to prepare to evangelise on vehicles taking travellers across the country. Amid drumming and dancing, Boateng Bismark James leads 13 worshippers, nine men and four women,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has said that he is currently struggling to walk and has been experiencing swelling in different parts of his body. Edochie made the disclosure while visiting ailing Ghanaian actor Emmanuel Armah in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, in a video now circulating online. During the emotional visit,…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 178,000 African immigrants have left South Africa in recent months, spurred by a crackdown on undocumented migration by authorities and sometimes violent anti-immigration protests that have led many to leave citing fears of attacks. It’s one of the most significant migrant exoduses from Africa’s most advanced economy in years. The…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death of Sulemana Abdul Samed, Ghana’s tallest man, has prompted an outpouring of grief especially in the north of the country where his height had made him a local celebrity. The 33 year old died in hospital on Monday in the northern city of Tamale, about 160km (100 miles) south…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former G4S security guard wore his old uniform to trick bank staff into handing him more than £117,000. Kwabena Kissi, 40, walked into a Santander branch in Brixton, south-west London wearing a uniform, helmet and mask with visor. He was buzzed into a back room where staff handed over cash…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents in parts of Accra have turned the flooding disaster into a “shopping spree,” collecting goods that were swept from an unidentified warehouse by floodwaters on Monday morning. Videos and reports on social media show crowds of residents scrambling over scattered goods strewn across floodwater and debris, retrieving items including provisions,…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)–Importers have abandoned Nigerian ports for Benin, Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso due to the increase in tariffs by shipping lines, hike in terminal charges, poor services, delays in refunding container deposits, unapproved charges and other financial irregularities amounting to billions of naira. The Board of Trustees of Importers Association of Nigeria…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A shocking scandal has rocked Kumasi after a serving police officer, Bright Appiah Danquah, was reportedly arrested over alleged involvement in a series of armed robbery attacks targeting mobile money vendors across the city. According to reports, the police inspector allegedly made one costly mistake that exposed everything. During one of the…
