LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRAGERS)-A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy. The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has been subject to…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRAGERS)-Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Florida. Video on social media shows smoke and flames rising from the right engine, and passengers exiting the aircraft down inflatable emergency slides. Delta flight 1213 was set to…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vatican has officially announced the funeral and burial arrangements for the late Pope Francis. When is the Pope’s funeral? In its statement, the Holy See Press confirmed that a series of ceremonies, steeped in tradition and reverence, will take place on the day.” Notably, the funeral Mass for the late 88-year-old…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a U.N. report issued on Monday. For several years, scam compounds have proliferated in Southeast Asia, especially in border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar,…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 77-year-old Nigerian immigrant and Uber driver, Olatunji Bolaji, was tragically shot and killed early Wednesday morning while picking up a passenger outside a popular hookah lounge in Philadelphia. According to Philadelphia Police, the fatal shooting occurred around 2 a.m. outside the Byblos restaurant and hookah lounge located on the 100 block…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World leaders pay tributes as The Pope Franci’s death comes fewer than 24 hours after he made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday. He came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds and said: “Dear brothers and sisters,…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of Burkina Faso has announced the foiling of an attempted coup allegedly involving President Ibrahim Traoré’s Chief of Staff and a network of foreign and local actors, in what authorities describe as a sophisticated plot to assassinate the junta leader and destabilize the Sahel nation. The accused…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday’s strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the rebels that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest…