LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Nigerian men have been indicted by the United States Secret Service over an alleged $6 million scam. The US Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday that the three Nigerians identified as Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, age 29, James Junior Aliyu, aka “Old Soldier,” and “Ghost,” age 28 and Henry Onyedikachi…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African pastor, Siva Moodley, has been buried 579 days after he died because his family was waiting for his resurrection. The South African News reports that Moodley’s body had been kept at a Johannesburg mortuary since his death on August 15, 2021. The 53-year-old Moodley proclaimed that he could raise…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-City Power, an electricity distribution company in South Africa, has cut off power supply to the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg over “unpaid bills”. On Wednesday, the DisCo said the consulate was owing at least R600,000 (about $35,000). “We are on our 2nd day of revenue collection drive around Alexandra Service Delivery Centre(SDC)….
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The NCDC-led COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is monitoring COVID-19 trends in China, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), South Africa, India, and other countries with a high volume of traffic to and from Nigeria. This includes the resurgence of COVID-19 in China following the relaxation of the…