LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has offered Nigeria a three-year plan to work with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for the removal of the Condition of Entry (CoE) placed on American-bound vessels from Nigeria. Cdr. Juliet Hudson at the USCG headquarters in Washington DC disclosed this during a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential candidate of Nigeria 2023 Presidential election Mr Peter Obi has mourn the death of CEO of Access Bank Herbert , his wife and son in California helicopter cash describing it as tragic news. Peter in his X handle formerly twitter, “I’m deeply saddened by the tragic news of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH *NEWSRANGERS)-First responders have located the military helicopter which went missing on a flight from Nevada to California on Tuesday, but the five US Marines on board remain missing. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter was located in Pine Valley, Calif. at about 9 a.m. local time by using ground and air crews, according to Marine officials. First…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A hangar under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and injuring another nine, officials said. Five of those injured in the collapse are in critical condition, the city said in a statement released Wednesday night. Authorities responded at about 5 p.m. to a…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli hostages Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, among more than 240 people kidnapped Oct. 7, were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held by the militant group in Gaza, the Kibbutz Be’eri said. Earlier this week Hamas released videos showing Sharabi, 53, Svirsky, 38, and Noa Argamani, 26, urging Prime…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of r@ping a woman in 1976 has reached a historic $25 million (about N25 billion) combined settlement in a civil lawsuit in the U.S. Ronnie Long, 68, received $22 million from the city and $3 million from the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The young men from Guinea had decided it was time to leave their impoverished homeland in West Africa. But instead of seeking a new life in Europe, where so many African migrants have settled, they set out for what has become a far safer bet of late: the United States. “Getting into…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan unveiled criminal charges against a Nigerian fintech businessman who recently bid unsuccessfully for an English Premier League soccer team, saying he lied to investors about his companies’ finances. Odogwu Banye Mmobuosi, 45, the former co-chief executive officer of Tingo Group (TIO.O), was charged with securities fraud, making false…