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US President’s Son Hunter Biden Guilty Of Felony Gun Charges, Faces 25 Years In Prison

LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Hunter Biden, 54, became the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime Tuesday after a federal jury found him guilty of three counts related to lying about his drug use in order to buy a gun. The panel of six men and six women deliberated for three […]

173 Passengers, 6 Crews Escape Death As Austrian Airlines Plane Hits ‘Thunderstorm Cell’

LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Austrian Airlines plane was badly damaged by hail when the airborne jet hit a “thunderstorm cell” Sunday, Austrian Airlines said. A storm cell is an air mass that contains up and down drafts, which can cause turbulence when a plane encounters one. The plane with 173 passengers and six crew onboard […]

Wreckage Of Missing Malawi’s Plane Found:  Vice President, 9 Others Confirmed Dead

LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- — Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51. President Lazarus Chakwera announced in a live address on state […]

Search, Rescue Operations Continues For Missing Aircraft Carrying Malawi Vice President

LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African nation’s president said late on Monday. It said efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar had failed. The plane had been […]

U.S. Court Fixes New Date On Motion To Release Tinubu’s Records With FBI, Others

LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C, has fixed a new date to advance a motion to release or withhold President Bola Tinubu’s records by its security agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In 2022, anti-corruption campaigner Aaron Greenspan teamed […]

16 US Lawmakers Petition Biden Over Nigeria Govt Detention Of Binance Executive

LAGOSSixteen members of the United States House of Representatives, have petitioned President Joe Biden, urging him to intervene, as they demand the return of detained JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, to the United States from Nigeria. He was arrested by the Federal Government in February. Gambaryan was initially held at a guest house before […]

US Hunts Scammers, Traces Fraudulently Transferred $$5.3m funds To Hong Kong, Nigeria, Others

LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US government has filed a civil forfeiture action to recover $5.3 million linked to a business email compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded a Massachusetts workers union. In January 2023, a spoofed email led the union to transfer $6.4 million to a fraudulent account. The funds were then routed through various international […]

Son, Mother Agree To Marry Each Other After Mum Getting Pregnant

LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman married her own son in Zimbabwe. The woman and her son claim to be in love with each other and they decided to take their relationship to the next level and get married considering that the mother, Betty Mbereko (from Mwenezi in Masvingo) is now six months pregnant and expecting […]

Syrian Gunman Captured After Shootout Outside US Embassy In Lebanon

LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along […]

See Nigeria Ranking Among List Of African Countries With The Largest Armies (2024)

LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Most countries in the world today are respected or feared as a result of their military strength or how large their military personnel are. We can use the very recent case of Russia and Ukraine as an example of two countries at war with one having a larger army than the other, […]

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