LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Virgin Islands High Court has ruled in favour of Chinese investors, Zhongshan, granting them the authority to seize $25 million (£20 million) from Nigeria’s foreign assets. The ruling follows a failed trade zone agreement in Ogun State dating back to the early 2000s under then-Governor Ibikunle Amosun, according to documents…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada has closed the study permit pathway for international students to get permanent residency under its latest immigration policies. This new regulation mandates that international students return to their home countries upon the expiration of their study visas in Canada. Canada is also terminating the Student Direct Stream (SDS) program and halting…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire ripped through the neonatal unit of a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborns and injuring 17, the authorities said. Emergency responders rescued 38 newborns from the ward, which housed 49 infants at the time of the incident, said Uttar Pradesh state’s Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has released a list of 966 eligible academic programmes that allow only students of agriculture and agri-food, healthcare, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), skilled trades, and transportation, to be eligible for the Work Permit. The new regulations for work permits become effective in November…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting. However, the Rwandan Defence Forces identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant. “RDF has arrested the suspect…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tribunal in Argentina on Wednesday upheld a six-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from holding public office against former President Cristina Fernández, a dominant political leader in recent years in the South American country. Fernández was convicted and sentenced in 2022 by a three-judge panel for a fraud scheme that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 50 or so cars were engulfed in flames at a carpark near Amsterdam Schipol Airport in horror scenes. Fire fighters arrived at the fire at the car park next to the Dutch capital’s airport at about 3am today. It is estimated between 40 to 50 cars were destroyed. The cause of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What the rest of the world sees as a sex tape scandal could in fact be the latest episode in the real-life drama over who will become Equatorial Guinea’s next president. Over the past fortnight, dozens of videos – estimates range from 150 to more than 400 – have been leaked of…