LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his office said on Thursday, as the kingdom tries to overcome its biggest political crisis in a generation. Khashoggi, a royal insider turned critic of Saudi policy, was killed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of prominent media and freedom of expression organizations across the continent, today condemned the October 2, 2018 gruesome murder of renowned Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, saying a country that indulges in such barbaric behaviour ought…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has called the response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ”the worst cover-up” in history as the US announced it would sanction Saudi Arabian officials who are implicated in the death. Mr Trump was speaking hours after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed Riyadh’s efforts to blame Mr…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five human rights activists, including a female rights defender, rights groups have said. Israa al-Ghomgham, a Shia activist arrested with her husband in 2015, will be tried in the country’s terrorism tribunal even though charges she faces are only related to peaceful activism, Human…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17,000 intending pilgrims from Nigeria may have missed this year’s hajj exercise, as Saudi authorities closed all entries to the Kingdom at midnight, yesterday. The Saudi government officially shut border points, including air, sea and land, two days before the day of Arafat, which is scheduled for Monday, August…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahmed Musa’s move from Leicester City to Al-Nassr FC appears to have gone down well with the club’s fans, who gave the Nigeria international an outrageous reaction upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia. In a video shared on his @AhmedMusa718 Twitter handle, the former CSKA Moscow forward is seem being mobbed by…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed seven people convicted of criminal offenses, including five men for the robbery and murder of a Pakistani warehouse guard in the western city of Jiddah. The Interior Ministry said the five men, two Saudis and three Chad nationals, stabbed and beat the guard and stole his mobile…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Mario Balotelli scored on his first Italy appearance in nearly four years on Monday as they beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in a friendly to give new coach Roberto Mancini a winning start. Italy have missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958 and Mancini was starting the…
