LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden has reversed a Donald Trump policy that restricted the granting of immigrant visas to Nigerians. In January 2020, Trump had expanded curbs on immigration to include six more countries, including Nigeria. But the Biden administration, which campaigned partly on a message of diversity, is seeking to…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Uganda has moved to clamp down on social media use in the country even as its diplomatic relations with the US have taken a bad turn after a tense and disputed election. On Monday (Jan. 18), internet services were restored after a shutdown imposed just ahead of polls opening on Jan. 14…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Joe Biden has taken over as the 46th President of the United States of America after he took oath of office. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts conducted the swearing-in ceremony as Biden placed his hand on a family Bible. The ceremony took place on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol,…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eric Trump said he will “never forget Buckingham Palace” as he looked back on his father’s four years in office after a tearful farewell ceremony. The president’s second eldest son said it had been the honour of his life to have had a “front row seat to the most remarkable and consequential…
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video, allaying concerns about his unusual absence from public life and sending shares in the e-commerce giant surging. Speculation over Ma’s whereabouts has swirled in the wake of news this month that he…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One Wednesday for the last time as president, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and tumult and a nation bitterly divided. Four years after standing on stage at his own inauguration and painting a dire picture of…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe’s foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died after contracting COVID-19, presidential spokesman George Charamba said on Wednesday. Moyo, a former army general who announced the military coup that led to the removal of the late long-serving leader Robert Mugabe in November 2017. Moyo died at a local hospital early on Wednesday, Charamba…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump’s daughter from his second of three marriages slipped the engagement announcement into a parting post on Instagram Tuesday, the day before her dad ends his polarizing single-term presidency. Tiffany, 27, said she plans to marry longtime boyfriend Michael Boulos, 23, the Lebanese-born businessman she reportedly met at Lindsay Lohan’s club…
