Buhari Begs EU For Debt Relief, COVID-19 Vaccines For Nigeria, African Countries

LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the European countries and global financial institutions to consider reducing the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria and other African economies by restructuring debt portfolios and providing complete debt relief. Mr Buhari made the call at the Financing Africa Summit held at the Grande…

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Liberian President’s Son, George Weah Jr Sentenced In France

LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-George Weah Jr, the son of the Liberian president George Weah, has been handed a six-month suspended sentence for disturbing the peace and noise pollution at his home just outside Paris. “This is a first warning but there won’t be a second,” said Judge Pascal Humbert-Massa at Versailles criminal court. Weah’s neighbours took him…

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Bola Tinubu Hospitalised In France — But ‘Not Diagnosed With COVID-19’

LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, has been hospitalised in Paris, France, after falling ill, TheCable understands. However, contrary to speculations, he has not been diagnosed with COVID-19. TheCable understands he tested negative for COVID-19 before travelling to the UK in December. He initially complained of exhaustion and had travelled out…

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Teacher Beheaded In Paris For Showing Mohammed Cartoon To Students

LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A terrorism investigation was launched after a teacher was beheaded in the street in the OCnorthwest Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday evening, October 16,  reports said. Police reportedly pursued the suspect into the neighboring town of Eragny, where he was shot and killed. According to reports, the victim, a middle-school history…

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Protest Rocks Sale Of Igbo ‘Looted’ Statues During Biafra Civil War In Paris Museum For $240,000

LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is “saddened” by the sale of two sculptures belonging to the south-eastern Igbo community, an official from the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, has said. A prominent art historian had called on the renowned auction house, Christie’s, to cancel the sale. Prof Chika Okeke-Agulu told the BBC the two…

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AFCON 2019: 282 Held Over Riotous Celebration In France After Algeria Beats Nigeria

LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 282 people were arrested in France after unrest following the Algerian football team’s qualification for the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, the interior ministry said Monday. Riotous celebrations erupted across the country after Algeria beat Nigeria 2-1 in the semi-final. The arrests were made nationwide on Sunday…

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Saudi Monarch’s Daughter Tried In Absentia Over Alleged Beating Of Plumber In Paris

LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The only daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was put on trial in absentia Tuesday in Paris for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to strike a plumber she suspected of taking photos and video at the Saudi royal family’s apartment in the French capital. Prosecutors allege Princess Hessa bint Salman became enraged when…

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