LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Refugees International has advised that Joe Biden administration has much more to do to restore and reform the United States asylum system and to welcome asylum seekers with humanity and dignity, stressing that where it falls short, Congress must step in. A statement signed by Sarah Sheffer, Director of Communications of…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian Cargor Airlines planes slightly skidded off the taxiway after landing. According to airport officials, a plane arriving at Lagos from Addis Ababa had landed and was at taxiing speed when it slid into the grass. The crews and airport staff were seen trying to make the left landing gear free…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s largest navy ship, known as the Kharg, caught on fire on Wednesday and sunk in the Gulf of Oman, according to state media. Details: The fire broke out at around 2:25 a.m. while the ship was near Iran’s Port of Jask, a major shipping lane. No casualties were reported and the…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-What is someone from the United African Republic called? Uranium or Urea? The answer is keeping many Nigerians awake as they chew over a proposal to change the name of the country. For two weeks, federal lawmakers have been traversing the country collating citizens’ views to amend the constitution. The idea was…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some armed men on Wednesday struck in Ikire and Apomu, Irewole and Isokan local government areas of Osun State, killing five persons in Ikire after attacking two new generation banks and a police station. It was gathered that the armed robbers had earlier robbed a bank in Apomu town around 5:00 p.m….
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested some men suspected to be the killers of AIG Christopher Dega (retd.). Recall that Dega, a Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, was killed on Monday in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The Police Public Relations…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has arrested three suspects posing as Local Government Traffic officers for extorting motorists in Oshodi. The suspects, who claimed they are working with Oshodi – Isolo Local Government, Oshodi were arrested yesterday afternoon on the orders of the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twitter removed on Wednesday a post by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings. The social media firm said Buhari’s tweet, referring to the 1967-70 civil war in the southeastern Biafra region that killed 1 million people, violated its “abusive behaviour” policy leading to…
