LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.S.-based media organisation, Global Patriot Newspapers (GPNews), is set to host an international conference aimed at reviving the spirit of patriotism among Nigerians. GPNews is organising the virtual conference in collaboration with the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), New Jersey Chapter, with support from the Nigerian consulate in New York. The…
LAGOS BEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Malcolm X’s family have made public what they described as a letter written by a deceased police officer stating that the New York Police Department and FBI were behind the 1965 killing of the famed Black activist and civil rights advocate. Malcolm X was a powerful orator who rose to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from a top Vatican post of Cardinal Robert Sarah, a hero to many conservatives who often clashed with the pontiff on theological matters. The African cardinal, who is from Guinea, held various Vatican positions in the last 20 years, the latest as head of the department…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Global shipping leaders are calling for a beefed-up naval presence off west Africa, amid warnings that the region is facing a Somali-style piracy crisis. Vessels passing through the Gulf of Guinea, a vast stretch of water from Senegal to Angola, are suffering increasingly violent attacks by gangs who operate with near “impunity”…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Justice in New York on Thursday charged four men in the alleged smuggling of banned catfish into the United States. Those charged were Mahmud Chowdhury, Shakil Ahmed, Belayet Hussain and Firoz Ahammad. According to the court complaint, the four worked with Asia Foods Distributor Inc. to smuggle large quantities…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Sudanese refugee stabbed and killed an employee at a centre for asylum seekers in the southern French city of Pau on Friday after his request for political asylum was rejected, authorities said. A police source said the Sudanese asylum seeker killed the director of the centre by stabbing him repeatedly in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For days now, there has been a power outage in Texas caused by a winter storm. To make matters worse, water treatment plants have lost power, making it impossible to supply water to homes. Also, there’s been multiple broken water pipes after winter turned the water to ice. This means people do not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is America and not a third world country. Texa residents were seen in a video lining up to fetch water amid power outage. The excessive cold has sent energy demand skyrocketing. In Texas, 4.3 million customers were without electricity as of 8:45 p.m. Eastern, according to poweroutage.us, ahead of what was…