LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the police brutality protests in Nigeria in October, bitcoin saved the day when the government shut out protesters from using local payment platforms for collecting donations to support it. The young, tech-savvy protesters quickly switched to using bitcoin, and in about a week bitcoin accounted for around 40% of the nearly…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the mid hours of yesterday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Kenya (DCIK) took to their official twitter page to announce that, they arrested a Foreigner who was traveling to Dubai, United Arabs Emirates from Nigeria. According to what was made public, the department confiscated over Ksh 100 million from the Nigerian….
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As COVID-19 continues to ravage the developed world, the effects are farther reaching in areas of Africa. Amina Abdulla, Concern Worldwide’s Country Director in Kenya, has raised the alarm that women are currently feeling extensive personal devastation in the wake of COVID-19. According to her, “Due to greater economic stress and social isolation…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)– When Africa’s first case of coronavirus was detected in Egypt in February, the rest of the continent prepared for the brunt of a pandemic that has engulfed Europe and spread to the United States, infecting more than 1.6 million worldwide. Health experts warned of the devastation the deadly virus could cause…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Each morning at a crowded bus station east of Nairobi, Kenyans load their bags on to minibuses emblazoned with the faces of pop stars and Jesus, heading to their villages in the hope of escaping the coronavirus. “I am going back home because of corona,” said Amina Barasa, her yellow headscarf standing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a controversial bill that legalizes polygamy. But after this was done in Kenya, something dramatic happened next. The women association in Kenya took to the streets to celebrate President Kenyatta legalizing polygamy much to the surprise of many. Remember that the Kenyan women…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a surprise announcement that could upset African politics for years to come, former American President Barack Obama has confirmed this morning his candidacy in the 2021 Kenyan presidential campaign. Son of a Kenyan senior governmental economist, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., the politician who served as the 44th President of the United States…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“I am not a hero,” said softly spoken Raymond Juma. The bus driver was speaking after his actions saved his 47 passengers from a militant attack in the east of Kenya. “My passengers are like my mothers, my brothers and sisters. “I just did what anyone else would have done to save…
