LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least seven people have died in Conakry due to heavy overnight rain, exposing the city’s vulnerability to extreme weather. The downpour, which struck overnight from Wednesday 30 July to Thursday 31 July, brought chaos to numerous neighbourhoods, collapsing homes and sweeping vehicles into the floodwaters. The government said seven people had…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona star Lamine Yamal suffered a shock just days before the start of the season, after his father was stabbed in his local neighbourhood of Rocafonda in Mataro, 45 minutes north of Barcelona by car. His family is set to be forced out of Rocafonda, after his grandmother Fatima confirmed she had…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The young men from Guinea had decided it was time to leave their impoverished homeland in West Africa. But instead of seeking a new life in Europe, where so many African migrants have settled, they set out for what has become a far safer bet of late: the United States. “Getting into…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinea have halted the Olympic Eagles’ dreams of featuring at the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The loss also means the U-23 Eagles will not participate in the football event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Salisu Yusuf side fell 2-0 against Guinea in the second leg of their final…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Super Eagles are back to the top of Group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after beating the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau 1-0 in the return match of their double-leg clash on Monday. Moses Simon scored the only goal of the match from the spot kick to give all…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US has barred Ethiopia, Guinea, and Mali from accessing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a two-decade old agreement which provides African countries with duty-free access to the US market for more than 1,800 products. The move comes two months after president Joe Biden told Congress that he plans to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinea’s junta leader Mamady Doumbouya said his country could “solve” its own problems, just days after the ECOWAS grouping of West African states hardened its stance against Conakry. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea from the bloc and slapped sanctions against individual junta members and their families…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Army putschists in Guinea said on Sunday they had arrested the president and staged a coup, in the latest political upheaval to roil the impoverished west African country, as the government insisted it had repelled the attack. “We have decided, after having taken the president, to dissolve the constitution,” said a uniformed…