LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday in the oil industry’s biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago. The sentence, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian migrant who became a symbol of integration in Italy, her adopted home, has been killed on her farm where she raised goats for her cheese business, police said on Wednesday. A Ghanaian employee on her farm in the northern Italian region of Trentino has admitted to killing Agitu Ideo Gudeta,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last night out at Vienna’s cafes and restaurants before a coronavirus lockdown Monday in what authorities said was a terrorist attack that left at least two dead — including one of the assailants — and 15 wounded. “We are victims of a despicable terror attack…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five Americans were denied entry to Italy after flying from Colorado due to the European Union’s ban on American visitors due to the US’s high volume of coronavirus cases. The Americans attempted to land in Cagliari Elmas airport on the island of Sardinia on Wednesday, CNN reported. A police spokesperson said they…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Although going down with Crotone to the Serie B, Super Eagles striker, Simeon Nwankwo has proven to the one of the best strikers in Italy. The Super Eagles striker scored his 16th goal of the season for Crotone with a hat-trick against Benevento, who are believed to be interested in former Super Eagles…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump has announced he is postponing the G7 until at least September and wants to invite four additional countries to the summit: Russia, Australia, India and South Korea. “I’m postponing it because I don’t feel as a G7 it probably represents what’s going on in the world. It’s a very…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released on Tuesday. Chairing Tuesday’s Downing Street press briefing, Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, said another 693 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 29,427. The figures…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Europe saw further signs of hope in the coronavirus outbreak Sunday as Italy’s daily death toll was at its lowest in more than two weeks and its infection curve was finally on a downward slope. In Spain, new deaths dropped for the third straight day. But the optimism was tempered by…
