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Blinken: US Is Determined To Remain Strong Security Partner For Nigeria

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is determined to remain a strong security partner for Nigeria, whose military is backed by the U.S., Britain and other allies in a long war against Islamist insurgents. Blinken also discussed challenges to democracy and security in the region during his […]

World Bank: Internet Access Reduced Poverty In Nigeria, Tanzania By 7%

LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank estimates that improved access to Internet coverage over three years led to a seven per cent reduction in extreme poverty in Nigeria and Tanzania. The bank disclosed this in a new brief titled, “Digital transformation drives development in Africa.” It said Internet access also led to an increase of […]

Failed Coup: Indicted Sierra Leone Ex-President Koroma Arrives In Nigeria

LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Sierra Leone’s ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma left the West African country by plane and flew to Nigeria on Friday, two Reuters reporters said, after a court allowed him to travel abroad on medical grounds despite treason charges. On Jan. 3, 70-year-old Koroma was charged with four offences for his alleged role in […]

Freight Attendant In NDLEA Custody For Allegedly Slipping Drugs Into Passenger’s Luggage

LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A freight attendant who allegedly ‘slipped’ illicit drugs into the luggage of a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport is in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency confirmed the development  on Friday, after a video of the incident went viral on Thursday, eliciting reactions from […]

Outrage As Hamas Kill Two Israelis Hostages After Releasing Videos

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli hostages Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, among more than 240 people kidnapped Oct. 7, were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held by the militant group in Gaza, the Kibbutz Be’eri said. Earlier this week Hamas released videos showing Sharabi, 53, Svirsky, 38, and Noa Argamani, 26, urging Prime […]

Court Grants Ex-Sierra Leone President, Koroma Permit To Travel To Nigeria On Medical Grounds

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exile in Nigeria if charges against him were dropped. He was accused of treason and other offences […]

Customs Detain Arnold Schwarzenegger At Munich Airport For Wearing Luxury Wrist Watch

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by customs officers at the Munich airport on Wednesday for not declaring a luxury watch he was wearing while traveling to Austria, a customs spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Schwarzenegger, 76, was detained for three hours at the airport in Germany, a source familiar with the incident told CBS […]

US: Man Who Spent 44 Years For Wrongful Conviction Receives $25m Compensation

LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of r@ping a woman in 1976 has reached a historic $25 million (about N25 billion) combined settlement in a civil lawsuit in the U.S. Ronnie Long, 68, received $22 million from the city and $3 million from the […]

Dismissed Lawsuit: Judge Orders Trump to Pay Nearly $400,000 To New York Times’

LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in New York has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay nearly $400,000 to cover The New York Times’ legal fees from a now-dismissed lawsuit he brought against the paper, three of its reporters and his niece. Trump sued the New York Times in 2021, accusing the paper of conspiring […]

Son Shoots  Father, Mother To Death In Texas Community

LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Texas Hill Country community is reeling after deputies say a retired judge and his wife were shot to death in their home — and their son is accused of pulling the trigger. Deputies with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call about a shooting at a home in […]

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