LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials of Tema Port Authorities in Ghana have arrested 3 Nigerian stowaways who sneaked into the MV Unity vessel they thought was going to Spain at Apapa Port in Nigeria. The suspects who hoped to arrive Spain in search of greener pastures were identified as Isaac Daniel 32, Stephen Nuta 28 and Kelvin Popoola 26. They were found hiding…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGRS)-TheNigeria High Commission has been forcefully evicted from its diplomatic property in Accra. The property located at No.10 Barnes Road, Accra, has been reallocated to Amaco Microfinance since 26 August, 2019 by Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources with the consent of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. According to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has extradited 64-year-old Babatunde Martins, a Nigerian living in Ghana, to Memphis to stand trial for an indictment charging him with cybercrimes and identity theft. According to the U.S Department of Justice, a federal grand jury in the U.S District Court for the Western District of Tennessee indicted Martins…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has condemned the renewed attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, describing it as uncalled for. The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the reported cases of attacks on Nigerian shops and traders…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The La District Police Command has arrested two persons in possession with human parts at Tse-Addo, near La in Accra. The suspects have been identified as Seth Kofi Laine from Benin and Fred Sasu, a Togolese. The two were apprehended upon a tip-off in a special operation led by Superintendent Anita Abrokwa,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Six persons have been arrested following a bloody clash between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders in Accra. Three persons, according to the police, were injured during the Monday morning fight at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.The fight follows the closure of shops belonging to some Nigerian traders. Earlier report suggested that the aggrieved Nigerian traders…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene in the border closure by Nigeria. He said the decision is hurting traders in the sub-region and it is clearly against the principles of ECOWAS. Nkrumah who made this call during a media…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of the Anointed Palace Chapel International, popularly known as Rev Obofour, has been invited by the Accra Regional Police Command, to assist with investigations after he allegedly made a church member smoke a suspected narcotic substance openly. The controversial Man of God took social media into frenzy after forcing a…