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…