LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kenyan Police have arrested 33 Nigerian immigrants for illegally staying in the country, StandardDigital has reported. The news portal in Kenya reported that the immigrants were arrested on Thursday morning in Kasarani, a residential area in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Also in the report, the Kasarani Officer Commanding Police…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man identified as Leopoldo Scalici, has been arrested after he killed a Nigerian sex worker over poor performance in Italy. In his confessional statement, the suspect said he smashed the victims head with a bench vise, because he was angry that she didn’t perform well during their sex romp. The deceased’s…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)— Speaking at a high-level dialogue in Washington D.C. on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings, the President of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina, said “It is time to turn around the declining investments of the U.S. in Africa. As the world’s private sector leader, the United States has…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, April 6, said that no state in Nigeria is currently under the control and influence of Boko Haram insurgent group. In a press release of the event Buhari said that his administration is doing everything possible to conquer the war against terrorism in Nigeria, adding that the…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.S. judge on Monday halted the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait out their cases in Mexico, stopping a program the government planned to use to stem a recent flood of migrants. The ruling is slated to take effect on Friday, according…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Oil prices rose to their highest level since November 2018 on Monday, driven by OPEC supply cuts, U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela and fighting in Libya as well as strong U.S. jobs data. International benchmark Brent futures were at $70.66 per barrel at 1000 GMT on Monday, up 32 cents, or…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman in South Africa has been arrested after videos surfaced appearing to show a person hitting children and forcing them to clean. One clip shows a woman shouting at a girl who appears to have vomited, before hitting her on the head. The footage was filmed in Johannesburg a year ago…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia has reportedly detained at least 10 people, including two U.S. dual nationals, in what one human rights groups called on Friday a “new campaign of arbitrary arrests” aimed at advocates for free speech and human rights. “We reject this vicious crackdown and call for the immediate release of all prisoners…