LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Wednesday voiced his concerns about the prospect of being prosecuted by New York officials after he leaves the White House. He made the remarks in 46-minute speech that he videotaped and posted on Facebook. “Now I hear that these same people that failed to get me in Washington…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants arrived on Thursday to a festive ceremony at Israel’s international airport, as the government took a step toward carrying out its pledge to reunite hundreds of families split between the two countries. Some 300 people landed on the Ethiopian Airlines flight, with many waving flags or stopping to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who led his country into a new modern era and onto a firmly pro-European path, died late Wednesday of Covid-19, his family said. Giscard, who had been in hospital several times in the last months for heart problems, died “surrounded by his family” at the family…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom Government has introduced a points-based immigration system to attract the ” brightest and the best from around the world.” A statement released by the Home Office and Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel said the new immigration system will open on January 1, 2021. Points will…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-— A man was arrested after he drove a speeding car into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier on Tuesday, police said, killing five people, including a 9-month-old. The crash injured at least 14 others, in addition to killing a 73-year-old woman, and the infant, Mayor of Trier,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than sixty-six Nigerians are spending various terms in prisons in Bangladsh for fraud, a report by Dhaka Tribune said. The report further said that Nigerians make up majority of the 86 Africans jailed across the country. The other 20 prisoners are from Cameroon, Tanzania, Ghana, Algeria, Mali and Kenya. There…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three years after a military coup that toppled Zimbabwe’s long-time dictator Robert Mugabe, many people in the country have come to a conclusion they can scarcely believe: they regret replacing the old despot. Though many people in Zimbabwe are glad Mugabe was ousted before he died last year, they have deep regrets…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A veteran Washington D.C. cop was shot dead by his wife, who then turned the gun on herself in a murder-suicide this week, authorities said. A family member discovered the body of Det. Timothy Eugene Francis and Christina Lynn Francis at their Maryland home on Friday after unsuccessfully trying to contact Christina…
