LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Lagos State Police has stopped an American from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. The Police disclosed the development in a statement shared on its X account yesterday. According to the the statement, the American, who is in his early 30s, was driven to the bridge by his baby mama…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged a United States citizen with money laundering after he acted as a middleman to funnel millions of dollars in kickbacks from Nigerian romance scams and business email compromises, the U.S. Department of Justice has said. Niselio Barros Garcia, a Florida man, admitted guilt to…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eniola Akinkuotu, Sunday Aborisade, Olufemi Atoyebi, Kamarudeen Ogundele, Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi, Leke Baiyewu, Dayo Ojerinde, Tobi Aworinde, Abiodun Nejo, Daud Olatunji and Godwin Isenyo Coronavirus cases in Nigeria on Wednesday increased from three to eight fuelling fears of the epidemic of the disease in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, …
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday re-arraigned an American, Marco Ramirez, at the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos for allegedly defrauding Nigerians in a green card scam. EFCC alleged that Ramirez was a serial fraudster having been previously arraigned on similar offences. According to the anti-graft agency, he was earlier…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television has been arrested by the FBI during a visit to the U.S., the broadcaster reported Wednesday, and her son said she was being held in a prison, apparently as a material witness. Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network’s English-language service, was detained in…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Washington D.C. resident was sentenced to prison Tuesday for using fake names and local colluders to sneak heroin from Nigeria into the US capital region, while using the U.S. Postal Service as his unwitting courier. Prosecutors say Steven Mason, 48, was part of a criminal ring that tapped sources of heroin…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cardinal Timothy Dolan blasted the Trump administration’s policy of separating kids from their parents on Friday night, calling it “un-American and unbiblical.” The White House got into holy hot water this week when Attorney General Jeff Sessions and press secretary Sander Huckabee Sanders both referenced scripture to claim the administration has the…
LAGOS JANURY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two expatriates – an American and a Canadian – have been kidnapped. Mukhtar Aliyu, Spokesman of Kaduna Police Command, while confirming the incident to our reporter on Wednesday, said two police escorts attached to the expatriates were also killed in a gun battle to save the expatriates. The incident occurred along around…