LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration. The move, effective April 24, cuts short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Teenage boys in the UK are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs that pose as young women online – with the National Crime Agency offering advice on what victims should do. NCA officials said boys as young as 14 have been targeted with “sextortion” scams on social networks including Snapchat and Instagram….
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in one of the most symbolic gains in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country. The army had long been on the backfoot but…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 36 people have been left injured after a major crash between four buses carrying military cadets and another vehicle in France. The horror crash happened on the French A13 near Guerville, about 36 miles west of Paris, just before 7pm on Wednesday. At least 36 people were injured, including one…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A plane crashed into the sea seconds after taking off from the Honduran island of Roatán, killing at least 12 people, including the musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo, according to reports. The Honduran fire service said five people survived but one was still missing. The service noted bad weather and low visibility in…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH 9NEWSRANGERS) -The U.S. deported more than 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador this weekend, and video posted to social media shows the harsh reception they received in the Central American country. Salvadoran officials said the detainees included 238 Venezuelans who are members of Tren de Aragua gang, as well as 23…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 people were killed in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia in the early hours of Sunday, according to the state news agency citing the interior ministry, Reuters reported. The fire broke out in North Macedonia’s southern town of Kocani, killing 51 people and injuring over a 100 more,…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Republic has turned to Nigeria for help after being hit by fuel shortage. The West African country reached out to Nigeria despite months of diplomatic tensions and hostile rhetoric. Sunday PUNCH learnt that a delegation of senior officials of the military junta travelled down to Abuja to meet Federal Government representatives….