Category archives for: National Space Research and Development Agency

Sanctions Bite Hard On Niger Junta, Unable To Pay Salaries

NIGER JUNTERS

LAGOS  AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta in Niamey, Niger Republic has started feeling the heat of the sanctions imposed on it by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The ECOWAS imposed the sanctions following the forceful take  over of power from the democratically-elected president of the country, Mahamed Bazoum. The sanction are effected by […]

Oil Prices Slide Amid Concerns Over China’s Economy

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  LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices eased on Monday as concerns about China’s faltering economic recovery and a stronger dollar weighed against seven weeks of gains on tightening supply from OPEC+ output cuts. Reuters report that Brent crude futures fell 73 cents, or 0.84%, to $86.08 a barrel by 0330 GMT while U.S. West Texas […]

Ghanaian Lawmakers Pass Bill To Protect People Accused Of Witchcraft

GHANA PARLIAMENT

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested after a 90-year-old woman was lynched in Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region in July 2020, drawing […]

Plane Carrying South Africa’s President Security Personnel, Press Crew Detained In Poland

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LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The plane carrying the security personnel and press crew of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was detained due to the presence of “dangerous materials” and “undeclared persons” on board, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The crew has been in Warsaw for the second day in a row due to alleged […]

A ‘Canadian Armageddon’ : Raging Wild Fire Takes Over  Parts Of Western Canada

CANADA FIRE

LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- As acrid smoke filled the air, turning the sky around her sleepy hometown, Fox Creek, Alberta, a garish blood orange, Nicole Clarke said she felt a sense of terror. With no time to collect family photographs, she grabbed her two young children, hopped into her pickup truck, and sped away, praying […]

‘It’s Illegal For Police To Demand Tinted Glass Permits, Customs Papers At Checkpoints’

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AGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSSRANGERS)-Nigerians are to report police personnel who demand permits for tinted glasses at checkpoints in any part of the country, the Force Headquarters has said. The acting Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this in a series of tweets on Sunday. He was informing the public on the documents to be […]

Fans React To Basketmouth’s Call For Replacement Of Naira With Cowries

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LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian humour merchant, Basketmouth, has called for the return of cowries as a legal tender. Reacting to the current exchange rate, the comic act put together a photo collage consisting of all the Nigerian currency from N5 to N1000 notes and noted the total sum is less than $5. He wrote: […]

Anti-Graf War: Group Advocates Death Penalty For Looters, Removal Of Immunity

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LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) worldwide, a non-governmental organization, has advocated the death penalty for looters of public funds, to eradicate the current spate of corruption in the country. The call was made in a statement jointly signed by NUF’s President, Mr Augustine Chukwudum  and Secretary, Mr Tony Igbokwe, respectively on Sunday, […]

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