LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Washington on Wednesday removed Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns, just a day before Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in the country as part of a tour of Africa. The omission drew a sharp rebuke from a U.S. government commission that had recommended the Biden administration keep…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has threatened to impose visa ban on those who foment trouble in the Anambra governorship election. The warning was given in a statement issued by the US Mission in Nigeria on Wednesday. “The United States looks forward to a gubernatorial election in Anambra State on November 6 that is…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, a Nigerian social crusader and widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of twins – a boy and a girl – at a hospital in the United States of America on Wednesday. The PUNCH gathered that both mother and the babies are in excellent health…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States’ Appeals Court, sitting in Maryland, has given judgment in the case of civil conspiracy of conversion of a branch of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Nevada by its former branch Pastor, Lawrence Adetunji. In a statement, Collins Edomaruse, media aide to MFM General Overseer, said Pastor Adetunji,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, has been named in the criminal case of a U.S. congressman Jeff Fortenberry who prosecutors say lied to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign from foreign nationals. According to Associated Press, the indictment alleges that Fortenberry, U.S. Representative of Nebraska repeatedly lied to and misled…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump isn’t known for his respect for the dead. He continued to publicly bash John McCain after the Republican stalwart died in 2018. He attacked Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) in 2019 by implying her late husband John Dingell is in hell. Now, the former president is lashing out at Colin Powell…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has seized about $6.1 million belonging to Nigeria after a hired arms supplier pleaded guilty to charges including illegal dealing in military-grade weapons and money laundering, court documents reviewed by Peoples Gazette said. Judge Erica Grosjean of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ordered the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Haitian migrants had done well for themselves. Since leaving their country, many more than a decade ago, they had built lives in Chile, Brazil, Panama. They had homes and cars. They had stable jobs as bank tellers, welders, mine supervisors, gas station attendants. But they longed for the possibility of a…
