LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Republic of Niger’s coup leaders have announced they would end the mandates of ambassadors to four countries as they face international pressure to restore the democratically elected leader they ousted last week. According to France24, the West African defence chiefs were set to wrap up discussions about possible intervention in Niger…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The military government in Niger Republic, under the leadership of General Abdourahamane Tchiani, is taking bold steps to consolidate on the Transitional regime and ward off threats of military invasion by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Accordingly, Niger on Sunday suspended export of uranium and gold to France with…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu at the United Nations Food Systems Summit in Rome as well as the Russia-Africa Summit. Shettima is scheduled to depart Abuja on Sunday for the two major international Summits in Rome, Italy and St Petersburg, Russia. This was disclosed in a…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin made a defiant televised address on Monday evening, saying he had deliberately let Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, and that it had reinforced national unity. The statement, his first on the issue since he spoke on…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush what he called an armed mutiny after the private army of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin seized control of a southern city as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership. In Russia’s first armed insurrection since the Chechen wars 20 years ago, heavily armed…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s plane left Moscow on the afternoon of June 24 amid an ongoing rebellion led by PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project said on Telegram on June 24, citing data from the Flightradar24 service. The Russian government’s Il-96−300PU aircraft took off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:16…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The world seems to be watching the daring rescue effort for the Titan submersible as crews from across the globe join in the days-long search. At a press conference Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard updated the search and rescue mission for the vessel, which went missing Sunday, as crews remain determined to…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, Russian news media reported Saturday. The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar to those of cocaine and MDMA. A Moscow court ordered him…