LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad‘s ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family’s iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East. The Islamist rebels also dealt a major blow to the influence of Russia and Iran in the…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain woke Friday to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives. Party leader Keir Starmer is now certain to become prime minister in the coming hours, replacing his Conservative Party counterpart, Rishi Sunak,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and top government officials were detained on Tuesday in a mutiny by soldiers in the capital Bamako. Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister said he has developed mild symptoms and is self isolating in Downing Street. He is continuing to run the government’s handling of the outbreak, he said. In a video released on his Twitter account, Johnson said: “I have developed mild symptoms…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday the death toll from protests last month had risen to 86 and urged citizens to resist forces threatening to impede the country’s progress. “We have to stop those forces who are trying pull us two steps back while we are going one step forward,”…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The New Zealand Police are investigating death threat sent to Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, on social media, local media reported on Friday. A Twitter post containing a photo of a gun and caption “You are next’’ was sent to the prime minister. The post had been up for over 48 hours before the…
