LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump threatened undefined retaliation Friday against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence. “If they did that, we’d just reciprocate,” Trump said during a wide-ranging impromptu gaggle with reporters at the White House, en route to fundraisers in New York. He added:…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-FC Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) following his claim that Copa America was corrupt. The 32-year-old forward was sent off during Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off defeat of Chile and he later said the competition was…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Television Authority has been removed from the largest digital satellite television service platform in Europe, Sky Limited. A visit to Sky’s website showed that NTA had been barred indefinitely from airing on Channel 794. A message on Sky’s website read in part, “794: NTA International; currently temporarily removed from EPG…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Of the 17,051 asylum applications filed before Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in January 2019, 1,248 were filed by Nigerians, the third highest by citizens of any nation from any part of the world. January’s figure was double the number of asylum applications filed by Nigerians in December 2018…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cyprian Lwanga, Catholic archbishop of Kampala, has recommended that the Ugandan government deducts 10% from workers’ monthly salary as tithe for the church. According to Citizen Digital, the archbishop said he wanted Uganda to go the Germany route where Germans who are registered as Catholics, Protestants or Jews have a church tax…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Defending World Cup Champions Germany suffered a humiliating exit from Russia 2018 after finishing bottom of Group F. Germany finished bottom in the group after a 2-0 defeat against South Korea. Sweden topped the group after a 3-0 win against Mexico. South Korea are also going home but two very late goals…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil will be eager to bounce back in their first game against Switzerland after their dismal outing at the last World Cup, which they hosted. Coach Tite will be hoping that the players live up to expectation this time around after the disastrous outing that left their fans disappointment. This year, the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany has proposed a new process that will facilitate the smooth repatriation of over 30,000 illegal Nigerian migrants back to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama said this when he received the Security Adviser to the President of Germany, Dr Jan Hecker, and his team in Abuja. The new proposal,…