LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and United Kingdom are among more than 30 countries who will no longer enjoy visa-free access to Namibia from April. The two countries largely enjoy visa-free travel to more than 180 countries. It follows a decision taken by the Namibian cabinet in July last year and will now to…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has expressed concern over Nigeria’s poor statistical performance, noting that the country lags behind its aspirational peers such as Mexico, Colombia, South Africa and Brazil. According to a statement by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Mrs Julie Osagie-Jacobs, this was noted during a courtesy visit to the Minister…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over”. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after a cabinet meeting, Carney said Canadians must “fundamentally reimagine our economy” in the face of US President…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police have arrested four bank staff in connection with the fraudulent transfer of £138,924 which was the equivalent of N277,848,000 from bank accounts belonging to some international airlines domiciled in Nigeria. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects, Shuaib Oluwatobiloba Olaleye (27), Oladunjoye Adegoke (33), Austin Alfred (38), and Jude Uzobuaku (36), were…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERIS)-Over 13,000 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection in Canada from January 2013 to December 2024 were rejected. According to data from the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, this figure includes 811 Nigerians whose applications were turned down in 2024. The board placed Nigeria among…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The journey along the dusty roads leading to Kweme Community, located near the Nigeria-Benin border, was an arduous one. As dusk settled over the community, many individuals turned to various alternatives they had devised to cope with the harsh reality of living without electricity for years. Our correspondent, who had set out…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Homeland Security has apprehended a Nigerian national from Germany to the U.S. for defrauding a multinational company. The fraud suspect, Lotenna Chisom Umeadi, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Sri Lankan company of $158,400 in an elaborate compromised email scheme after he was arrested and extradited to the United States upon arriving…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian international fraudsters who invented a ‘Fraud Bible’ to orchestrate large-scale scams to defraud the American government and its citizens have been nabbed in the United States. The duo were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inventing the ‘Fraud Bible’ to steal $50 million from U.S. citizens in a…