LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has agreed to take back more of its nationals from the United Kingdom (UK) under a new migration arrangement that is expected to fast-track the return of failed asylum seekers, visa overstayers and convicted offenders. The deal, signed in London by Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4i) centre of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has uncovered a staggering 1,723 vessels involved in unauthorised activities within Nigeria’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between January 2024 and January 2025. These vessels were found to have engaged in what are known as…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)An extensive investigation conducted by Swedish Radio News has uncovered a scheme in which scrapped cars from Sweden are being illegally exported and sold in Nigeria. The investigation identified 50 different Swedish cars, now on sale in Nigeria, with falsified information regarding their mileage and age. According to the report, “A car…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man’s lawyer said on Saturday. Andrei Medvedev, who escaped Russia in January via its Arctic border with Norway,…
