LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, has resigned less than a week into his new administration, after a night of protests calling for his removal and a subsequent police crackdown left at least two dead and dozens wounded. The latest political shake-up comes as Peru battles the coronavirus pandemic and what is expected…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power,” he added. It comes hours after he and…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab and the country’s entire government have resigned after the deadly Beirut blast that killed at least 160 people. In a brief televised speech, Mr Diab said he is taking “a step back” so he can stand with the people “and fight the battle for change alongside them”….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he would resign to ease violence that has gripped the South American nation since a disputed election last month, but he stoked fears of further unrest by saying he was the victim of a “coup” and faced arrest. Video footage showed clashes on the streets…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Korean Justice Minister, Cho Kuk, on Monday resigned over an escalating corruption scandal barely a month after being appointed. Dpa reports that the opposition had accused him of misconduct as his family was being investigated on allegations of questionable financial transactions. Kuk, 54, said in a statement that he would resign…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium yesterday in Ribah community of Kebbi State as a middle-aged man climbed a mast and vowed not to come down until President Buhari resigns. The drama lingered after the man refused to accept the Local Government Chairman’s promise of getting a new motorcycle if he comes down. However after…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US special representative on Ukraine Kurt Volker resigned Friday after Congress ordered him to answer questions in an impeachment investigation on President Donald Trump, a source said. A person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity confirmed Volker’s resignation, which was first reported by the student newspaper at Arizona State University, where…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel, has quit artisan politics, resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Daniel announced this in a letter to the national chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus. In the letter, Daniel, who was the campaign coordinators of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the…