Insecurity: US Orders Staff To Leave Nigeria Embassy, Lists 23 States As ‘Do Not Travel’
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an updated travel advisory issued on Wednesday, the department noted that,…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an updated travel advisory issued on Wednesday, the department noted that, starting April 8, 2026, Americans are advised to reconsider travel to the country due to crime, terrorism, kidnapping, and civil unrest. The advisory classified the overall travel advisory for Nigeria as “Level 3: Reconsider Travel,” while some states are at…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian state television reported that Tehran rejected the U.S. proposal as amounting to surrender, insisting instead on “war reparations by the U.S., full Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, an end to sanctions, and the release of seized Iranian assets.” Washington’s latest proposal addressed a deal to end the war, reopen…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Frontline Presidential Aspirant of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, has said the time to rescue Nigeria has come, and all hands must be on deck to achieve this in 2027. Addressing delegates at the first National Convention of his party, the NDC, in Abuja on Saturday, the former…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 16 persons have been confirmed dead following a fatal road accident along the Lokoja-Okene Highway in Kogi State. The crash occurred at Aku village near Osara on Friday morning at about 9:20am, according to the Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lawal Fagge. Fagge,…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian wrestler Oba Femi is considered “the next big thing” in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The 6-foot-6, 310-pound powerhouse defeated legend Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas on April 19, forcing the decorated WWE superstar into possible retirement. “I will say that Brock was … one of those guys I…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police inspector, Abdulkadir Garba, popularly known as “Buratai,” has d!ed after he was struck by thunder while on duty in Maiduguri, Borno State. The spokesperson for the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident in a tribute on Friday, May 8, 2026. According to Daso, the officer…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The peace accord between Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may be heading for collapse as the 2027 general elections draw closer. Both men appear to have returned to the trenches over who succeeds Fubara as governor of Rivers State. The tension is…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) 2027 Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, has continued to underscore the importance of health as a development catalyst for any progressive nation. Obi, who visited the Anglican Church Hospital in Kubwa, Abuja, on Friday, said that when health and education are positioned as the engines of national progress,…