LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shekau ” challenged the offer in a video saying the US can’t harm him except with the will of Allah“. Although the offer on his head is still in place, the dreaded leader of the terrorist organisation is still in hiding. Boko Haram expert Bulama Bukarti has taken to twitter to reveal what…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US government says a N2.5 billion cash prize awaits anyone who can provide information leading to Abubakar Shekau’s arrest. Rewards for Justice Program, a counter-terrorism rewards program of the United States Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, has tagged Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, a cancer tumor, placing a N2.5 billion bounty…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Centre for Disease Control in the United States has advised men to shave their beards and facial hair in an effort to combat Coronairus CDC warned that facial hair can interfere with face masks and respirators, which are being used across the world to combat the global spread of coronavirus The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Obinwanne Okeke, the 32-year-old Nigerian arrested in the United States last August, has argued that American authorities lacked jurisdiction to charge him for fraud, court documents show. Mr Okeke, through his lawyers, said in a preliminary objection filed in the U.S. court that he did not commit the offence he was being…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. is opposing plans by Nigeria’s government to hand about $100 million the American authorities say was stolen by deceased former dictator Sani Abacha to a top ruling party official. The disagreement may hamper future cooperation between the two nations to recover state money moved offshore by Abacha, who Transparency International…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Smugglers are reportedly helping migrants scale sections of Donald Trump’s multi-billion border wall using $5 ladders. US Border Patrol has seen a rise in camouflage “hook-and-ladders” within the far south-west region of Texas since May last year, according to The El Paso Times. El Paso’s urban stretch of border is said to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has slashed its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”. According to the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has announced an additional 40-million-dollar (N14 billion) aid to Nigeria to address the humanitarian crisis arising from decades of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Secretary of State, Mr Mike Pompeo, who made the announcement in Washington DC on Tuesday, said this was in addition to nearly 350 million dollars…