LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-American forces carried out a precarious evacuation of US embassy personnel in Sudan, President Joe Biden said late Saturday, calling for the end to “unconscionable” violence there as two rival leaders battled for power in the African country. Biden thanked the US troops who carried out the mission to extract American staffers…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 36-year-old Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 70 years in prison after he was found guilty on two counts of harassment of a public servant for spitting at police officers. Larry Pearson was initially arrested in May 2022 on multiple charges, including harassment of a public servant, assault, assault domestic violence…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has called on the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN to as a matter of urgency, prosecute the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed for spreading fake news against the Presidential candidate of…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Utah father who killed his five kids, wife and mother-in-law and then shot himself left a suicide note saying he’d rather “rot in hell’ than “put up” with his “manipulative” spouse another day. Michael Haight, 42, was being investigated for child abuse when he shot his family earlier this year and…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has said that the indictment of former American President, Donald Trump, may be good for democracy. On Thursday, Professor Akinyemi sat with Arise News for an interview, where he shared his opinion that the indictment of President Trump may be good for democracy…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-On Saturday — two days after a grand jury indicted former President Trump, securing his place in history as the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges — a small group of supporters gathered in Orange County to protest the indictment. During the gathering near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The bodies of two more migrants who died trying to cross from Canada into the United States, were found Friday, bringing the death toll to eight, including two children, police in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne said. The bodies of six people, described as members of two families of Romanian and Indian…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Department of State has announced 15 per cent hike in fees for certain nonimmigrant visa applications, including travel visas. It said the fee for B-1/B-2 visitor visas, Border Crossing Cards for Mexican citizens aged 15 and above, and student and exchange visitor visas will increase from $160 to $185….