LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African Fredie Blom celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday unfazed by the coronavirus crisis, over 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed his sister. “I have lived this long because of God’s grace,” said Blom, possibly one of the oldest men in the world. Lighting a cigarette, he recalled the…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a coronavirus lockdown. Hundreds of angry people fought running battles with the police, hurling rocks and setting up barricades on the streets with burning tyres in Mitchells…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Mission in South Africa says no Nigerian died but over 50 vehicles and other property worth millions of dollars owned by Nigerians were vandalised, burnt or stolen, in fresh attacks. The Nigeria Consul General in Johannesburg, Mr Godwin Adama, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone conversation from…
LAGOS SEPETEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerians have descended on the Shoprite mall in Osapa, Lekki area of Lagos. Videos of the attack have gone viral on the social media. Shoprite is a South African brand and business. One of the video showed a lot of Nigerians gathered at the entrance of the mall, prevented from going…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike crash before turning his dream into reality, his family announced on Sunday. Mandla Maseko, a part-time DJ, and candidate officer with the South African Air Force, was nicknamed “Afronaut” after landing…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi has raised the alarm that Nigeria is collapsing and called on well-meaning Nigerians to help rescue the nation. Obi, who spoke with journalists at the weekend in Lagos, said that Nigeria was in a total mess because of the…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African, Daniel Grant, has been found hanging in his hotel room in Lagos State. This revelation was made on Monday by the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Edgal Imohimi. According to Imohimi, the deceased, 50, was found hanging at Emerald Cove Hotel, 18B, Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island on May…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thomas Arnold Pearce and Hendrik Gideon Smith, the 2 South Africans who were Kidnapped in Maidaro Village at a Minning Site On Tuesday and taken to Birnin Gwari Forrest in kaduna State have been Rescued. They were rescued in the early hours of toady as a result of intense pressure mounted on…