LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of the People’s Republic of China on Monday said that it would create more opportunities for more Nigerians to visit China in the years ahead. Mr Chu Maoming, Consul General of China in Lagos State, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Consulate and the ChineseEmbassy would facilitate visas…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. A top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi had just spoken from a cage at a hearing on charges of espionage. State TV said…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four policemen were left dead and six others wounded when separatists detonated an improvised explosive device in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking region, that country’s government said on Sunday. “The government condemns in the strongest terms this criminal act, perpetrated by armed bandits and terrorists with no faith or law,” the statement said. It…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Israeli court Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals, under a plea bargain which saw her admit to lesser charges. While the ruling cut short a high-profile trial, the Netanyahu family’s legal woes are far from over: the veteran premier himself faces…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indiana teen who fatally stabbed her mother has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. On Wednesday, 17-year-old Chastinea Reeves was sentenced by a Lake Superior Court judge as part of a plea deal, the Chicago Tribune, WGNTV and NWI Times report. During the hearing, the teen told the judge she…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight suspects, comprising five Ghanaians and three Nigerians have been arrested by the Ghanaian security agencies for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of two Canadian ladies. The victims, Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley 19 and Bailey Jordan Chitly were rescued by Ghanaian security operatives, early Wednesday at Sawaba, a Kumasi suburb. The…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter crash-landed atop a Midtown Manhattan office building Monday afternoon, officials told The Post. At least one man was killed, the NYPD said, and staffers from the city Medical Examiner’s Office were seen entering the building. The victim’s body remains inside the mangled wreckage of the chopper, which burst into flames…
LAGOS JUNE10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in the United States has suspended Nigerian priest Cyprian Duru from ministering, after accusation of rape and legal action by a 68 year-old retired English teacher, Kathy Coll. In addition, he has been banned from presenting himself as a priest or wearing clerical garb. According to CBS Television,…
