LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) on August 5 hosted young professionals from Nigeria and other African countries at its offices in Lagos, as it continues to support the growth of future leaders in the energy industry on the continent. The 25 engineers and geologists from Nigeria, Cameroun, Chad,…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-five people have died and others were hurt, when their bus overturned in Kenya while traveling after a funeral, officials confirmed. The fatal incident occurred on Friday, Aug. 8, in Kisumu, the Associated Press reported. “The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road,” said local traffic enforcement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” Ruto, his government officials and police have maintained for months that there were no abductions. Ruto has also demanded names of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The mysterious detention of Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye while on a visit to Kenya nearly two weeks ago has sparked widespread condemnation and fears of a clandestine exchange of intelligence between the two neighbours. Besigye’s allies and wife have come out to reveal harrowing details of how the opposition chief was…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ugandan Olympian was in intensive care in Kenya on Tuesday suffering 80 percent burns after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country. Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei was assaulted after her Kenyan boyfriend Dickson Ndiema…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of journalists joined marches in Kenya on Wednesday in protest at what they see as heavy-handed government tactics to stifle media freedoms, including police attacks on journalists during the demonstrations that have rocked the country for the past five weeks. The journalists — many wearing white — held placards reading…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan activists on Friday circulated calls for fresh protests, strikes and sit-ins demanding President William Ruto quit, after nationwide demonstrations forced him to U-turn on proposed tax hikes. Ruto withdrew the contested finance bill on Wednesday and said he would listen to young people, a day after parliament was briefly stormed and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chinese government has shared a statement about missing report of four Kenyan fishermen after their board Captized in Indian Ocean. According to the latest news report by a reliable news source through Facebook social media platform, the four Kenyans have been found safe and healthy. Chinese government has issued a report on…