LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Slowly, the five friends make their way to the women’s outhouse they use each day. They look back. No one has followed them. In the stench of the room, they gather in a corner. Saying little, always in muttered whispers, they stand quietly. One woman softly sings. Another leads a short prayer….
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents. Saudi Arabia’s state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV channel reported that three others were sentenced to prison….
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated by sex, the authorities said on Sunday, further eroding some of the world’s strictest social rules as sweeping reforms take hold. Previously, Saudi Arabia required all restaurants to have one entrance for families and women, and another for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua delivered a boxing masterclass to beat Andy Ruiz Jnr on an unanimous points decision and regain the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heayweight titles. The judges awarded the fight 118-110, 118-110, 119-109 as the Brit enjoyed sweet revenge in Saudi Arabia. The eagerly-anticipated rematch took place in Diriyah in a custom-built…