LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Determined to checkmate the spate of criminality in Nigeria and the West African sub-region, the British Government on Tuesday, deployed a naval patrol ship to Nigeria to assist the country in tackling maritime and other security challenges facing it. The Royal Navy patrol ship known as HMS Trent began its sail to…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Hissene Habre, the former strongman president of Chad and security ally of the West during the Cold War who was later jailed for war crimes, died on Tuesday in Senegal at the age of 79, Senegal’s justice minister said. Habre contracted COVID-19 at a clinic in the capital Dakar where…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akon’s cryptocurrency construction plans won’t be limited to Senegal. The artist-turned-mogul told Uganda’s NBS that he plans to build a futuristic city in the country. The Ugandan government announced on Monday that it has allotted Akon one square mile of land for him to begin planning an Akon City in the country….
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and several Western allies have begun annual joint naval drills in the Gulf of Guinea to combat piracy and other criminal activities, officials said Wednesday. The area is a major maritime trade route stretching from Senegal to Angola, but a recent surge in piracy attacks has prompted shippers to call for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Global shipping leaders are calling for a beefed-up naval presence off west Africa, amid warnings that the region is facing a Somali-style piracy crisis. Vessels passing through the Gulf of Guinea, a vast stretch of water from Senegal to Angola, are suffering increasingly violent attacks by gangs who operate with near “impunity”…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse died of coronavirus on Friday aged 71, his family and party said, after being held hostage for six months by jihadists earlier this year. Cisse “died in France, where he had been taken for Covid-19 care,” a member of his family told AFP. “I can confirm this…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akon may not be lonely for much longer. The famed R&B singer is going ahead with plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in Senegal where nationals can live and work—and where members of the African Diaspora will always be welcome. The 47-year-old Senegalese American singer, known for hits like…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-John Felagha, former Flying Eagles of Nigeria goalkeeper, is dead. He was aged 26. This was announced by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), on its Twitter handle on Monday who stated that Felagha died in Senegal on Sunday. The football federation writes: “Former National U17 and U20 goalkeeper John Felagha has died….