LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-On Monday, Liberian President, Joseph Boakai, appointed Major General Charles Johnson (retd.), as the Director of the National Security Agency, pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate His appointment is coming months after his resignation as Minister of National Defence. Before that, he led the Armed Forces of Liberia as its Chief of…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senegalese government has announced the end of French as an official language, replacing it with Arabic. This decision, made at a Cabinet meeting on Sunday, reflects the ongoing political transformation in Senegal. The decision follows the recent election of opposition candidate Bassirou Faye as president. In a televised address on March…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-International students enrich Canada’s social, cultural and economic fabric. That is why, in recent months, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has introduced reforms to the International Student Program, to ensure system integrity while protecting students from fraud and financial vulnerability. The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) on April 2 took into custody Ifediora Oli, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States, for allegedly conniving with two persons to defraud the District of Columbia public transit system after securing a Covid-19 testing kit contract worth more than half a million dollars….
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THIS is the horrifying moment a former beauty queen was gunned down in a hail of bullets by assassins in broad daylight. Shocking CCTV footage shows two gunmen bursting into an eatery before killing the former Miss Ecuador contestant. The former beauty queen, seen in the footage wearing a blue top, was…
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan to Nigeria next month. A statement signed by Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier Tukur Gusau sighted by NewsRangers disclosed the Defence Headquarters ( DHQ) expressed its honour and delight for the acceptance of the…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A circus performer took a terrifying tumble from the ‘Wheel of Death’ in front of shocked families at Blackpool Tower Circus. Spectators, including children, were left aghast when one of the daredevils performing on the spinning apparatus lost his footing and plunged to the ground during the 5pm show on Saturday, one…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Tanzania have shut down five hydroelectric stations in a bid to reduce excess electricity in the national grid, the country’s Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, has said. Majaliwa said the main plant, Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric Station, alone generated enough electricity to power major cities, including Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial…
