LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chief in Zimbabwe has ordered the exhumation and reburial of Robert Mugabe’s remains at the national heroes’ shrine in Harare after accusing the late leader’s wife of breaking local custom by interring him at his rural home in 2019. Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup that brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three years after a military coup that toppled Zimbabwe’s long-time dictator Robert Mugabe, many people in the country have come to a conclusion they can scarcely believe: they regret replacing the old despot. Though many people in Zimbabwe are glad Mugabe was ousted before he died last year, they have deep regrets…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The remains of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who died on September 6, arrived in his home village on Monday for a subdued farewell at a dusty sports field after a weekend state funeral with African leaders in the capital. Mugabe, who died aged 95 on a medical trip to Singapore,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s body will lie in state at two different stadiums in the capital city for three days, the information minister said Monday, but she did not announce where he would be buried on Sunday. Mugabe, an ex-guerrilla chief who took power in 1980 when the African country shook…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Robert Mugabe, the founding father of Zimbabwe who ruled the country with an iron fist for more than three decades, has died, according to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He was 95. Rumors had swirled around the health of the ex-president, who spent months in a hospital in Singapore earlier this year. Details of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been receiving medical treatment in Singapore for the last two months and is no longer able to walk, though he should return home next week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday. Mugabe, 94, who ruled the southern African nation for nearly four decades since independence from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rumors of the political figure’s alleged demise gained traction on Monday after a ‘R.I.P. Robert Mugabe’ Facebook page attracted nearly one million of ‘likes’. Those who read the ‘About’ page were given a believable account of the Zimbabwean political figure’s passing: “At about 11 a.m. ET on Monday (September 10, 2018), our…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe is celebrating his first birthday since his resignation in near solitude, far from the lavish affair of years gone by. The government that removed him with military assistance in November has declared Feb. 21, Mugabe’s birthday, a national holiday. But there are no signs of past celebrations,…