LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump warmly welcomed the president of Nigeria to the White House Monday, the first high-profile meeting with a sub-Saharan African leader for a president who has previously disparaged the continent. Proclaiming a good relationship with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Trump told reporters he appreciated the nation’s role as a “strong democracy…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump said Monday that he urged Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, to remove trade barriers to allow additional US investment in the African nation. Trump noted that the United States sends more than $1 billion in foreign aid annually to Nigeria and said it should get something in return. ‘‘We think that…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Ni¬ger¬ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border. Instead, they want U.S. immigration officials to reduce the foot traffic by screening Nigerians more stringently before granting them…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ‘Church of Satan’ has said President Muhammadu Buhari is”ignorant” over the statement he made about the recent Benue church killings. In condemning the attack on St Ignatius Catholic church in Ayar-Mbalom village, Benue State by Fulani herdsmen, Buhari had described the act as ‘satanic.’ The herders murdered two Catholic priests and…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)Facing a crackdown on their favorite visa to enter the United States, hundreds of wealthy Indians are turning to another program that fast tracks immigrants to a green card. Applications from India for EB-5 visas — which give immigrants a green card if they invest $500,000 and create 10 jobs in the…
LAGOS APRIL25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session yesterday following calls by some lawmakers for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the unauthorised withdrawal and spending of $496,374,470.00 million on war planes. The House was sharply divided over the decision by Buhari to expend the unbudgeted $496,374,470.00 million from the Excess…
LAGOS APRL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian couples were arrested in Phnom Penh on Monday for alleged digital stealing $400,000 from a bank. Chea Sok, deputy police chief of Prampi Makara district, identified the suspects as Rejoice Isaac Chibunna, 48, and Isaac Chibunna, 50. Sok said the arrests were made after a lawsuit was filed by Leng Sovannavat,…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and its allies fired more than 100 missiles at Syria on Friday in a “one-time shot” the Pentagon said followed evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack using at least chlorine gas. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine General Joseph Dunford said…