LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian mother, Mrs. Oluremi Adeleye, whose actions led to the death of an 8-month-old baby in Maryland, United States, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Adeleye, 73, broke down crying in court as she spoke through an interpreter, saying, “It was a mistake. I did not want to kill…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Western Union Company, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has appointed Mohamed Touhami el Ouazzani as Regional Vice President and Head of North, Central and West Africa, based in Casablanca to lead Western Union’s business in the region with focus on expanding digital money transfer, reinforce the retail agent…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGRS)-55-year-old businessman Luis Octavio Reyes Dominguez, his wife and their three children were among the thirteen people who lost their lives when a private jet crashed between the U.S. city of Las Vegas and Monterrey in northern Mexico, authorities said on Monday. The wreckage of the plane was found via aerial surveillance…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow’s busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said. Dramatic footage that went viral on social media showed Aeroflot’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crash-landing…
LAGOS MAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A Minister of State in Ghana, Rockson Bukari has resigned his position after he was caught on tape attempting to bribe a journalist. The Minister was trying to stop the journalist from publishing damaging reports involving a mining company. Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has since accepted the Minister’s resignation and wished him well….
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump directed his attorney general and acting homeland security secretary to…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An alleged spy from the United Arab Emirates under investigation for the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was found dead in his Turkish prison cell, according to a report on Monday. Prison wardens found the man, identified as Zaki Y.M. Hassan, hanged inside his solitary cell in Istanbul’s Silivri prison…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A poll conducted by ABC suggests the majority of Americans are unwilling to support President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, with healthcare and immigration policy cited as major deciding factors. Released Monday, the poll found 55 per cent of those polled refuse to vote for Mr Trump in 2020, with 40…