LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight months after first raising the idea, President Trump on Wednesday said his administration is again “very seriously” looking into ending the practice of conferring U.S. citizenship on anyone born in the United States. “We’re looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land, you walk…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has not been denied visa by any embassy in Nigeria including that of the United States, his media adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said on Saturday. Obienyem in a statement in reaction to information on social…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump threatened undefined retaliation Friday against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence. “If they did that, we’d just reciprocate,” Trump said during a wide-ranging impromptu gaggle with reporters at the White House, en route to fundraisers in New York. He added:…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge on Friday blocked a move by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop migrants from claiming asylum unless they had entered the country at an official border crossing, news outlets reported. The policy, enacted by Trump last year, is among a host of measures his government has taken against the…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award to an anonymous overseas foreign national of half a million dollars. The SEC has reported that more than $2 billion in monetary sanctions from recent actions brought by whistleblowers, according to Tuesday’s press release, and the Commission has paid over $300…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran arrested 17 suspects and sentenced some to death after dismantling a CIA spy ring, an official said Monday, as tensions soar between the Islamic republic and arch-enemy the United States. Security agencies “successfully dismantled a (CIA) spy network,” the head of counter-intelligence at the Iranian intelligence ministry, whose identity was not…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications that some Nigerians may be affected in the ongoing raids on undocumented aliens ordered by the United States President, Mr Donald Trump. The raids, being carried out by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, began a few days ago. The New York Times reported that ICE commenced the arrests…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 303 Nigerian students from the 17 states of southern Nigeria have received no less than $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American universities and colleges to study in the United States for the 2019-2020 academic session. Acting United States Consul General Osman Tat disclosed this in…