LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis has frowned on United States President, Donald Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants from his country. The Pontiff spoke on the issue as Venezuela brought home nearly 200 undocumented migrants from the United States, even as the UN warned there should be no forced returns to the troubled Caribbean country. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A private jet owned by Vince Neil – the lead singer of Mötley Crüe – was involved in a fatal crash Monday afternoon at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. Authorities say one person was killed and three others were injured when the landing gear on Neil’s plane failed, causing it to careen off…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested for allegedly k!lling his Spanish wife, Catalina, 48, in Benalmádena, a town in Costa del Sol, Spain. The Nigerian identified as Augustine also set fire to the family home, where the victim lived with the couple’s three children – all minors – and another son…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A deluge of more than 20,000 queries crashed the email server of the South African Chamber of Commerce in the United States after President Donald Trump said he would prioritise white South Africans in a refugee programme, the chamber said Monday. Trump and Pretoria are locked in a diplomatic row over a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cyber Cell of Delhi Police, India, has arrested a Nigerian national, Patrick Ngomere, for allegedly hacking the email account of the Family Care Pvt. Limited, a pharmaceutical company, and fraudulently syphoning off Rs 11.73 lakh. The suspect, also accused of residing in India without a valid visa, is believed to be…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of migrants were arrested in January as part of a UK-wide crackdown on illegal working, the government has said. Enforcement teams raided 828 premises including nail bars, car washes, and restaurants and made 609 arrests – a 73% increase on the previous January. Home Office Minister Dame Angela Eagle told the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bodies of at least 28 migrants have been recovered from a mass grave in a desert in south-east Libya, the country’s attorney general said. The grave was discovered north of Kufra, just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm in the same city. Officials found…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and financial assistance…