LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After nearly three weeks of appealing to the United States and other allies for help restoring Niger’s president to power, friends and supporters of the democratically elected leader are making a simpler plea: Save his life. President Mohamed Bazoum, leader of the last remaining Western-allied democracy across a vast stretch of…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called for the immediate release of Niger’s democratically elected head-of-state amid an apparent coup there. Biden released the statement on the 63rd anniversary of Niger’s independence from its former colonial ruler, warning that the West African nation is now “facing a grave challenge to its democracy.”…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt. Biden, 80, who had delivered the commencement address to graduates of the military academy, had just shaken hands with a cadet and begun walking back…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (EWSRANGERS)-US President Joe Biden has bizarrely said he couldn’t attend King Charles III’s coronation due to an interview at MSNBC that aired Friday night, hours before the historic event. Speaking to anchor Stephanie Ruhle, Mr Biden claimed that he rejected King Charles’ invitation and said: “I told him I couldn’t be there…