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…
LAGOS MAY 16TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia said that the Ramadan fasting will begin on Thursday across the globe, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported on Tuesday. The new moon of Ramadan was not spotted on Tuesday evening and Wednesday will mark the last day of the Islamic month of Shaaban, SPA said, citing religious authorities in…
LAGOS APRIL 18H (NEWSRANGERS)-“The risk of physical harm when you’re working as a journalist is a lot like the risk of libel in some ways,” said journalist and author Susan McKay at the International Journalism Festival in Italy today (14 April). “Sometimes it’s obvious where it might come from, but it sometimes comes from very…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Oil fell by more than 2 percent on Monday, pressured by a rise in Russian production, expectations that Saudi Arabia will cut prices of the crude it sends to Asia and a deepening trade spat between China and the United States. Brent crude fell $1.70, or 2.5 percent, to settle at…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia was home to 10 billionaires last year, according to Forbes. This year, it has none. Forbes said it was unable to assess the wealth of the oil kingdom’s richest men after a corruption probe late last year that left many of them detained for months in a 5-star hotel. Some…
