http://ift.tt/2mMmHwa Chief James Ibori LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, has said Nigerians are “shedding Crocodile tears” over the death of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme. Ibori said this in a statement by signed his spokesman, Tony Eluemunor. The former Governor said the country refused to allow Ekwueme rescue it. “Though His…
http://ift.tt/2zmTkXh FESTAC Big Boy, Emmanuel Uba in a pool of his own blood after being shot by his friends LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team have arrested four men for allegedly killing Emmanuel Uba, alias Owan, at the Festac area of Lagos State. The suspects: Michael Fashola…
http://ift.tt/2zX1WD2 President Paul Biya LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of Cameroon has within the last one year shut down the Internet in its attempt to clampdown on demonstrations by aggrieved citizens of the two English-speaking regions of the country. Leaders of the North-west and South-west regions of Cameroon have accused the central government of discrimination…
http://ift.tt/2AYV3yc LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS) – No fewer than 50 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, police said, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram jihadists. The blast happened during early morning prayers at the Madina mosque in the Unguwar Shuwa area of…
http://ift.tt/2mLPT6z LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An off-duty cop shopping in a pharmacy shot to death two armed robbers while holding his baby son. Surveillance video from the store shows Sgt. Rafael Souza of the military police in Brazil running after hooded men and firing a gun at both of them, CBS News reported, citing Britain’s Independent…
http://ift.tt/2zlMxgv LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean nation. The Homeland Security Department said conditions in Haiti have improved significantly, so the…
http://ift.tt/2mM3Gdt Robert Mugabe with his eldest son Robert Mugabe Junior, right, at a party meeting in October Credit: AFP LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ousting of Robert Mugabe as leader of Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF party – and his now likely impeachment, after refusing to resign as president – has been as much a family drama as it…
http://ift.tt/2mKjIV5 Nigeria Super Eagles LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite making a big statement in their 4-2 thrashing of Argentina last week Tuesday, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will drop in the latest FIFA ranking when it is published by the football governing body on Thursday. The Super Eagles, who occupied the fifth position in the continental…