LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Department on Saturday ordered non-essential diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Chad to leave the African nation due to potential insurgent attacks on the capital. In addition to non-essential embassy staff, the department also ordered the families of American personnel stationed there to leave because armed groups appear to be…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States says it is imposing visa restrictions on “those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda,“ including during the election in January and the campaign period. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement said the Ugandan government’s actions “represent a continued downward…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian beauty queen and doctoral student in Philadelphia has been shot dead while sitting in her car in front of her family’s home, and now her parents are hiding out of fear for their lives. Najeebat Sule, 24, known to her loved ones as Najee, was killed shortly before 6pm…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANRANGERS)-President Joe Biden: says Migrants should apply, qualify for asylum from home before coming to U.S. Majority of migrants crossing the border with the U.S. are immediately sent back, so the better option for them would be to apply for asylum from home countries and check whether they qualify before coming over….
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Few days after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala assumed office as the first female head and first African to lead the World Trade Organization her sister, Dr. Njideka Udochi, has emerged as the family doctor of the year 2021 in Maryland, USA. Udochi,who is a graduate of medicine from the University of Nigeria, with over…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the kidnapping of students is not a peculiar crime to Nigeria, adding that the most developed countries of the world including the United States also experience school kidnapping. Mohammed stated this on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘News Night’ monitored by The PUNCH….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian businessman, who once appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine, has been jailed for 10 years in the US over a cyber fraud scam that led to the theft of about $11m (£8m). Obinwanne Okeke, also known as Invictus Obi, used Nigerian-based companies to defraud people in the US. His…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Thursday Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has fled to the United States (U.S). EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, said this at the Federal High Court in Abuja where the younger Maina is…