LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Government has protested the new United States visa restricts on Nigerians seeking to travel to the United States on non-immigrant visas to single-entry three-month permits as against rolling back up to five-year, multiple-entry visas they enjoyed previously. “We wish to underscore that as is standard globally, visa reciprocity is a…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imposed stringent new entry restrictions on Nigerian travellers, tightening access to one of the most popular destinations for business and leisure in the Middle East. Multiple travel agents confirmed on Tuesday that under fresh directives from Dubai immigration authorities, Nigerians aged between 18 and 45 are…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The installation of a Nigerian traditional leader, Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu, as ‘Eze Ndi Igbo Ghana’ (King of the Igbo People in Ghana) has triggered widespread protests and public outcry across parts of Ghana. The development, which has drawn criticism from youth groups and cultural advocates, is being opposed by protesters who…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The death toll from flash floods in the US state of Texas jumped to at least 78 people on Sunday as the search for girls missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth camp, continues. Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, said the death toll in the hardest-hit Kerr…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man, Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, who was fighting for the Russian military in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, has been captured by the Ukrainian forces. Oluwagbemileke was apprehended by the Freedom of Russia Legion, a unit composed of Russian fighters supporting Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s “I Want to Live” project….
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mob of people have lined up outside government offices, demanding to know if their loved ones are among the nearly 400 dead found in a clandestine crematorium that kept the bodies for up to four years. The stench of decaying human remains led investigators to a nondescript building in Juarez, Mexico,…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has been excluded as the US President, Donald Trump, is scheduled to welcome leaders from five African countries to Washington next week for discussions about business opportunities. A White House official announced on Wednesday that Trump would host the presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal for…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter used by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at the international airport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing five passengers, a Ugandan military spokesperson said. Another three of the helicopter’s eight occupants survived the incident on Wednesday but with severe injuries and burns, said the spokesperson, Felix Kulayigye. The…