LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman in bushes near the property line of the golf…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and Canadian, have five days to appeal the verdict on charges that include…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal. Kenya is struggling with increasing difficulties in providing work and sufficient income for its young professionals, while Germany is facing a shortage of skilled labour. Five Kenyan bus drivers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sweden’s government announced on Thursday that it will significantly increase grants for immigrants who voluntarily return to their home countries, aiming to encourage more migrants to do so. Starting in 2026, immigrants who choose to return will be eligible for up to 350,000 Swedish kronor ($34,000), according to the right-wing government supported…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Afrobeat singer David Adeleke, widely known as Davido, recently performed at the Ethiopia New Year party as the country enters 2017. As seen in a video trending on social media on Wednesday, thousands of Ethiopians trooped out at the event in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital, celebrating their unique new year….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four hundred Nigerians, comprising 90 females and 310 males, have been deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to reports by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The deportees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where they were received by officials from the National Security Adviser’s office, the National Commission…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice President of Liberia, Jeremiah Koung has revealed that out of eight licensed commercial banks in his country, four are owned by Nigerians. The Vice President disclosed in his remarks at the opening ceremony of the 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference in Abuja organized by the Chartered Institute of Bankers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The head of El Salvador’s police force and a man arrested on charges of a multi-million-dollar embezzlement were among the nine people killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed, authorities said on Monday. Police Director Mauricio Arriaza was escorting the former head of a credit union, Manuel…