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Ex-Google Software Engineer Charged With Stealing AI Secrets

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Google software engineer has been charged by the US with stealing trade secrets about artificial intelligence (AI) while secretly working for two Chinese companies. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted in California on four charges and arrested on Wednesday. The Chinese national allegedly stole more than 500 […]

Explosion Rocks Zelensky, Greek PM’s Motorcade In Suspected  Putin Assassination Plot

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted by alleged Russian missile strike during a visit to Odesa in what appears to have been an attempt to assassinate the Ukrainian President. Mr Zelensky’s motorcade, which was 150 metres from that of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was attacked by what is believed to have been a […]

UAE Lifts Visa Ban On Nigerian Citizens After President Tinubu’s Intervention

LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in effort to strengthen bilateral relationships with Nigeria has announced the resumption of Visa services for Nigerians wishing to visit the country from March 4, 2024. The announcement which was contained in a communique made available to Economic Confidential on Tuesday, follows discussions between President […]

Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting Commences With Appeals For Stronger Action On Access To Justice

LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2024 Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting opened in Zanzibar on Monday, March 4th, 2024  with calls for stronger action to ensure that access to justice becomes a reality for all 2.5 billion Commonwealth citizens. In her remarks to the opening ceremony on 4 March 2024, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia […]

 UK-Based Nigerian Researcher Invents AI Tool To Identify Bandits, Hideouts

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria might be on its path to peace again after a decade of fighting terrorism as a UK-based Nigerian, Yunusa Jibrin said he has leveraged on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be able to identify bandits and their hideouts in Nigeria. He said his findings, if adopted by the federal government, would help […]

Nikki Haley Emerges First Woman To Win Republican Primary, Beats Donald Trump

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nikki Haley has defeated Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington DC. This is her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign to become the Republican presidential candidate. She lost in South Carolina, her home state. But she is the first woman to win a Republican primary in […]

Vietnamese Govt Begins Trial Of Property Tycoon Accused Of Embezzling $12.5bn

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan faces the death penalty in a trial that began Tuesday over alleged fraud amounting to $12.5 billion — nearly 3% of the country’s 2022 GDP and Vietnam’s largest financial fraud case on record. The 66-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat allegedly used […]

Scores Die After Bus Plunges Off A Bridge In Mali

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. At least ten others were injured – […]

US Airman Who Set Himself Ablaze Outside Israel Embassy In Washington Finally Died

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell has died from his injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, officials confirmed on Monday. A US Air Force spokesperson confirmed to The Post that 25-year-old Bushnell died overnight, though she did not officially name him citing the ongoing notification of next of kin.  Officials were still contacting […]

Scores Of Muslims Killed In Burkina Faso Mosque, Same Day Catholic Church Was  Attacked

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town. “The victims were all Muslims, most of them men,” a local resident told […]

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