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 NOVEMBER 20TH – The United States on Tuesday urged Cameroon to devolve power in its troubled anglophone region, saying the government’s military response was only strengthening separatists. The warning came weeks after the United States ended certain preferential trade benefits for Cameroon, citing human rights violations including arbitrary killings. Tibor Nagy, the top US…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ghanaian man residing in New Jersey, Rubbin Sarpong, is behind bars after United States authorities say he scammed 30 women of over $2.1m by posing as a “sweet message sending” soldier online. Rubbin Sarpong, a 35-year-old Ghanaian citizen with US residency, was recently arrested for swindling women on sites like Plenty…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 303 Nigerian students from the 17 states of southern Nigeria have received no less than $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American universities and colleges to study in the United States for the 2019-2020 academic session. Acting United States Consul General Osman Tat disclosed this in…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A child never forgets anything. Remi Adeleke, a US Navy SEAL, now 36 years old, goes down memory lane. He is one of the two sons of Adebayo Adeleke, the architect and engineer who was the original owner of Banana Island, Nigeria’s most expensive real estate. He remembers how the island was…
LAGOS JUNE10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in the United States has suspended Nigerian priest Cyprian Duru from ministering, after accusation of rape and legal action by a 68 year-old retired English teacher, Kathy Coll. In addition, he has been banned from presenting himself as a priest or wearing clerical garb. According to CBS Television,…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)— The rating carried out by the Fortune Magazine, an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States was released recently and focused mainly on the businesses run by the men and how they have used it to impact their society positively. The time-tested magazine, which first edition was…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States (US) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his successful re-election as President of Nigeria. US in a Press Statement signed by Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC, made available to NewsRangers via email equally commended all those Nigerians who participated peacefully in the election and condemned those…
