LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of people, including many undocumented migrants, marched in Paris and other French cities Saturday, protesting planned changes to immigration laws and evictions from the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. In the French capital, demonstrators marched behind a banner proclaiming “No to the Darmanin law. Against repression, imprisonment and deportations, for a…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to…
LAGOS JANAURY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes in Canada has come into effect. The ban aims to help ease one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the world. As of this summer, the average home price in Canada is C$777,200 ($568,000; £473,700) – more than 11 times the median household…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor who went through horrible experience in the hands of his abductors has narrated his ordeals in an exclusive interview with The Nation Newspaper. According to him, he was abducted on December 14, 2021 after the terrorists stormed his farm house near Sarkin Pawa along Kaduna road to pick him up….
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said those carrying out attacks such as the one on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in the state, are foreigners from Mali trained in Libya. While describing the attack as vile and satanic, Akeredolu promised that the [erpetraors would be arrested soon. Gunmen had on…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has expressed worries that expatriates are taking over jobs in the country. According to the government, the development is responsible for the soaring number of unemployed youths. The latest Nigeria Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report showed that 33 per cent of the country’s population is unemployed. Minister of Interior,…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has lamented that some foreigners exchange arms for gold and other precious stones in his state. He said the situation was contributing to the security challenges being witnessed in the state. Matawalle spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with the President, Major General…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs onto the tourist island of Bali. A Swiss man, a Thai man, a Singaporean woman, a Chilean man and two Hong Kong men wearing orange detainee uniforms were paraded with their feet and hands tied at…