LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The outgoing administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday issued a new temporary rule that could require tourist and business travelers from two dozen countries, most in Africa, to pay a bond of as much as $15,000 to visit the United States. The U.S. State Department said the temporary final rule,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, on Monday, lost his 13-year-old daughter, Aishah Isa Ali. Announcing the sad incident via his official Twitter handle @DrIsaPantami, the minister stated that the funeral prayer for the deceased will be conducted in Abuja on Tuesday at Annur Masjeed, Wuse 2. “Due…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) in accordance with the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform of 2018 have auctioned 44 vehicles for driving against traffic (one-way) in various parts of the state. The Agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAÑ) during the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World soccer governing body FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee has handed the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, a five-year ban from all football-related activities for corruption. In addition to the sanction, the Madagascan administrator was punished with a fine of 200,000 Swiss Franc. The adjudicatory chamber of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Whenever the name KIRIKIRI comes to my hearing, I quickly feel melted within me as I carefully imagine what the inmates in the prison would be experiencing at the very moment. Kirikiri happens to be a rural area in the Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos State. The prison we’re talking about gained its…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventeen years-old girl, Chisom Chukwuneke who scored seven A1s in WASC and was the best graduating student in her school last year died in South Africa. She won many awards in her school. The father of the Girl who is a Professor, Felix Chukwuneke shared a very touching story on his facebook…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Critics who love to mock Donald Trump went bonkers over an NBC News report Monday that the president is complaining his legal team is made up of “fools making him look bad,” according to sources. Trump was reportedly particularly upset about off-the-rails appearance at the Washington headquarters of the Republican National Committee…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President-elect Joe Biden on Monday shared a tweet showing off a new website for his transition effort. And his supporters are excited by just three letters in the URL: .gov. The new site, BuildBackBetter.gov, is one of the first visible signs that the formal transition is now underway, hours after the General…
