LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former University of Texas at San Antonio football player has been arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of his sister at a home north of Austin. The Travis County sheriff´s office says 25-year-old Michael Egwuagu who is originally from Nigeria was charged with murder in the Friday killing of his…
LAGOS DECEMBR 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two victims were killed and three others were injured when a gunman opened fire inside a crowded Texas church on Sunday morning before he was shot to death by two armed parishioners, including a security guard, officials told ABC News. The shooting occurred at 10:57 a.m. at the West Freeway Church of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chevron is getting set to Leave Nigeria. Chevron is seeking to sell several Nigerian oilfields as part of a global drive to reshape its portfolio as it focuses on growing its U.S. shale output, banking and industry sources said. Chevron joins rivals including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell in a drive…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria U-20 captain, Isaac Promise, has passed away at the age of 31. Isaac, who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal and scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey, died late Wednesday after collapsing at his apartment gym in Austin, Texas, authorities said. He was playing for…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of lawyers conducted 60 interviews with migrant children being held in an El Paso, Texas, detention camp and found conditions to be dismal. Fifteen of those in the holding center had the flu and 10 more are quarantined with illness, according to the lawyers, who first gave the data to…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United States Consul General F. John Bray has affirmed that no fewer than 11,710 students from Nigeria are currently studying in the United States. John Bray who made the revelation on Tuesday in Lagos during pre-departure orientation for Nigerian students heading to U.S. to Study said out of the total, 49.5% are…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Photos of a Nigerian woman who lives in Texas has been circulating online as the woman who jumped into the lagoon beneath Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday. The woman, named Toyin, has now refuted the rumors by sharing recent photos of herself via her Instagram account. She captioned the photo: “Am alive,…