LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United States Government has shed more light on why it lifted a 12-year Condition of Entry (CoE) restriction imposed on vessels visiting the United States from Nigeria, saying the development will deliver tangible benefits to shipping operators, reduce shipping costs and strengthen trade between the two countries. In a letter dated…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 26, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States of America, U.S., to face prosecution for allegedly sexu@lly extorting two teenage boys in the U.S.,…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. If it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history and would likely…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has lifted the Condition of Entry (CoE) imposed on vessels arriving in the United States from Nigeria, ending a 12-year regime of enhanced security requirements on ships calling at Nigerian ports. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, announced the development, describing…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For Omar Abdulkadir Artan, it promised to be the opportunity of a lifetime. Following a decade of breaking new ground and inspiring a generation of African referees, an appearance on the biggest stage of all – the World Cup – was set to be the high point of his still burgeoning…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has hailed Chad’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Chad is the fifth country to withdraw from the global tribunal. The Central African country announced its exit on Monday after Venezuela said on Friday that it had started the formal procedure to withdraw. The ICC had…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Catholic priest in Massachusetts has died by suicide, days after being ordered to leave the United States and return to Nigeria, where he had repeatedly said he feared for his life. The Reverend Benjamin Okwy Madu, 54, died on July 2 at his residence in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, according to the…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior United States counterterrorism official has claimed that American forces recovered the largest cache of terrorist electronic materials since the 11 September 2001 attacks during a recent counterterrorism operation against Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in North-east, Nigeria. The 2011 attack is considered by many to be the largest terror…
