LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman and her baby have been rescued from one of the buildings affected by the explosion in Ibadan. Politics Nigeria reports that many have been fear dead while over 70 survivors are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Ibadan after an explosion on Tuesday evening. The explosion, which destroyed several houses…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to pull out of a regional qualifying tournament for the 2023 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations after 25 out of 40 players failed mandatory age testing. It is the latest age fraud scandal to hit the Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC) qualifiers after…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The team of the Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pulled out of the campaign Council of the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. “Rising from their stormy meeting in Port Harcourt early morning on Wednesday, members of the team vowed not to partake in Atiku’s campaign activities…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Orji Kalu, chief whip of the senate, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. Kalu, who has been advocating for a south-easterner to become the next president, had in January announced he would contest the 2023 election if the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is zoned to the south. However, in…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump has formally moved to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). The president had made his intentions clear in late May, accusing the WHO of being under China’s control in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite calls from the EU and others, he said he would…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man not wearing a face mask was removed from a Philadelphia bus by police officers on April 10 for reportedly refusing to leave when the driver asked. Video captured by Dupree Myers, a Philadelphia resident, shows four police officers forcefully removing the man from the bus, backed up by at least…
