LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as Donald Trump begins a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country. In a document compiled by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and sighted by our correspondent on Tuesday, the agency revealed the data is…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil’s government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a “flagrant disregard” for their rights. The foreign ministry said it would demand an explanation from Washington over the “degrading treatment of passengers on the flight”. The spat comes as…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two years after a teenager lost his life to suicide amid what officials say was a sextortion scheme, a man has been extradited to the United States to face charges, United States Attorney Adair Ford Boroughs announced alongside federal, state and law enforcement Monday. Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, 24, of the state of…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third term in the White House so that the country “can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.” Ogles proposed an amendment on Thursday that says, “No person shall be elected…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRAGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip. Trump’s 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia upended a…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 federal inmates convicted of crack cocaine offenses — as roughly the same number of marijuana prisoners await word on whether he will honor his campaign pledge to free them. The White House didn’t say whether the latest clemency recipients would be released immediately or…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The wildfires raging in the city of Los Angeles in the United States have killed at least 24 people, officials said, as firefighters raced to put out the blazes before the return of strong winds that could fuel the flames again. The blazes burned for a sixth straight day on Sunday, reducing…