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US Court Instructs FBI, DEA To Release Investigative Files On Tinubu Over 1990s Drug Probe

LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release investigative records relating to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stemming from a purported narcotics trafficking investigation in the 1990s. According to PREMIUM TIMES, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for […]

Apr 13 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Masked Gunmen Abduct US Pastor During Service In South Africa

LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-An American pastor has been kidnapped by armed men after they stormed his church service in South Africa, local authorities say. Josh Sullivan had been conducting a service at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, a township in Gqeberra in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday evening when “four armed and masked male suspects […]

Apr 12 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Siemens Exec, His Family, Pilot Dead After Helicopter Plunges Into Hudson River

LAGOS APRIL 11H (NEWSRANGERS)-A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot. Spectators watched the helicopter as it dropped from the sky and slammed into the river upside down as fluttering debris landed […]

Apr 11 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Court Invites Davido To New York Over Alleged Stealing Of 2024 Soundtrack, Failing To Pay $45,000 Debt

LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan has given Nigerian singer, David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, 21 days to appear before it to answer charges of intellectual property theft, according to legal filings sighted by Peoples Gazette. The lawsuit was filed by a group of four Nigerian […]

Apr 11 2025 | Posted in Entertainment,International,National | Read More »

Three Americans Jailed Over Failed DR Congo Coup Returned To US

LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent home to the US to serve the rest of their jail terms. The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison […]

Apr 10 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Governor, 43 Dead, 160 Injured In Nightclub Roof Collapse

LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 27 people, including a provincial governor, were feared killed and 134 more injured in the early hours of Tuesday when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, collapsed. Head of the Dominican Republic’s Emergency Operations Centre, Juan Manuel Mendez, said rescue crews were working to […]

Apr 8 2025 | Posted in Entertainment,International,National | Read More »

Iran-Backed Militias In Iraq Prepare To Disarm To Avert Trump Wrath

LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters. The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by U.S. officials to the Iraqi […]

Apr 8 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Trump Revokes Dozens Of Students’ Visas Of Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, Other Schools Across US

LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The student visas of five individuals currently attending or recently graduated from Harvard University have been revoked, according to Harvard. It’s one of more than a dozen higher education institutions that is actively tracking and reporting the number of affiliated people who have been targeted by President Donald Trump’s administration in recent […]

Apr 8 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Unemployment Rate Rises In Canada As 33,000 Jobs Lost In March

LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada in March marked the first drop in employment in three years, the national statistical agency said Friday, as uncertainty over US tariffs led businesses to cut staffing and stall hiring. Some 33,000 net jobs were shed in the month, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.1 percentage points to 6.7 percent, according to Statistics Canada. The […]

Apr 6 2025 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Thousands Protest Nationwide, Abroad Over Trump’s Policies

LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of people staged protests against Trump and Tesla boss Elon Musk across the US and beyond the borders to express dissatisfaction with policies and actions of the current administration. Crowds of people angry with how US President Donald Trump and his administration have been running the country have taken to the […]