LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who recently called the coronavirus pandemic a “fantasy,” has tested positive for the illness days after dining alongside President Trump, according to a local report. “He waits for the result of the counter-proof this Friday (13) to confirm the contamination. There is tension in the air. Despite spending…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Trump fired Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, just hours after dismissing Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman, a decorated Army lieutenant colonel, according to statements released by Sondland and Vindman’s lawyer. “The most powerful man in the world – buoyed by the silent, the pliable, and the complicit – has…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump is celebrating his impeachment acquittal in the best way he knows how. After the Senate voted Wednesday to acquit Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, he took irony to a new level and made yet another joke about being president for life. Specifically, he tweeted…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The US House of Representatives is set on a fresh course of collision with President Donald Trump, this time over the Friday restriction of immigrant visa against Nigerians and nationals of five other countries. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that the new policy smacked of discrimination and undermined the US global…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGRS)-US President Donald Trump has imposed an immigrant visa ban on Nigeria and six other countries, earlier confirming media reports on the policy. Immigrant visas are issued to those who want to relocate to the US. It also leads to the issuance of permanent residency. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor Paula White, spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump of United States, is causing some stir within the United States public sphere with her new firebrand prayers. The source of the prayers, according to the Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com), was linked to the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) church as revealed…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court said Monday it will allow the Trump administration to begin enforcing a controversial new policy making it harder for low-income legal immigrants to obtain green cards or visas. The administration’s new, expanded “public charge” rule, which makes it easier for officials to bar immigrants who use, or are deemed…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries – Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania – to its travel ban list, U.S. media reports said on Tuesday. Some countries will face bans only on some visa categories, the Wall Street Journal reported. The list of countries was not final…