LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than a dozen Saudi servicemen who are training at U.S. military bases will be expelled from the United States in the aftermath of a Pentagon review prompted by the deadly Dec. 6 shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer at an American naval base in Florida, CNN reported on Saturday. The…
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…
LAGOS DECEMBER7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family members and fans of Anthony Joshua have converged on his family house at Remo ahead of his rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. As of 5.30pm, music was being played with youths in the area trooping into the Baba Josh Memorial Hall. Some of them were also seen dancing and others delighted over…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The champ Andy Ruiz is going to make a career-high of $13,000,000 (4.7Billion Naira) from January 7 fight at Saudi Arabia. While the former champion and current challenger Anthony Joshua is going to make $85,000,000 (30 Billion Naira) either he wins or lose the fight. Anthony Joshua will be making 6.5 times…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua landed safely in Saudi Arabia ahead of his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr on December 7 and the Briton is promising to produce a performance to remember when the pair enter the ring. Joshua, who was handed his first professional defeat by Ruiz Jr earlier this year at Madison Square…
