LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris has declared war against corrupt practices in Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) by assuring that every necessary effort shall be made to frontally combat all forms of sharp practices across Commands and Formations in the Service. A Press statement signed by Assistant Controller of Immigration…
LAGOS MAY 4RG (NEWSRANGERS)-Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who he has…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who was detained after holding up an antiwar sign that read “They’re lying to you” during a live Russian state television broadcast, appeared in court on Tuesday. She was given a 30,000 rouble (£214) fine A news editor with Channel One, Ovsyannikova was seen on Monday carrying a poster…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said US President Joe Biden and a dozen other top officials had been banned from entering the country in a reciprocal response to US sanctions. The measure, which also applies to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, “is the consequence of the extremely…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid the intensified Russia-Ukraine war and amounting to a major setback for Ukrainian forces, on Tuesday, March 8, Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych urged incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky to call off the resistance and stop combatting foreign troops. Diluting the Kremlin-led full-fledged invasion of Ukraine, the ousted Head of State of Ukraine concluded that the ongoing…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5m dollars to the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian, Disaster Management, and Social Development, towards the evacuation of over 5,000 (registered and unregistered) Nigerians stranded in Ukraine. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada. The minister told…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-European countries from north to south are banning Russian planes from transiting through their airspace in protest over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here’s a roundup: – Early birds – On Friday, Britain announces an immediate ban on Russian private jets from UK airspace, in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian force in the worst European security crisis in decades. Ukraine and Russia will consult in coming hours on a time and place for talks, Ukrainian…