LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African fan cried tears of joy after Messi signed his Barcelona shirt. Barcelona are in South Africa to play Mamelodi Sundowns in the Mandela Cup. It commemorates 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela. Messi and his Barca teammates are in the South African capital to play an end […]
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LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and South Africa have remained unmoved in the May edition of the FIFA World Rankings, although Ghana are one of several nations to have climbed after a relatively quiet month of international football. There are no movers inside the world’s top 47 places, and therefore Africa’s top six remain as they […]
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LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has called for an urgent review of the Early Warning Signal (EWS) put in place by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria and South Africa early last year. She also said Nigeria must speed up the process […]
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LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Atletico Madrid has won the Europa League for the third time in eight years, thanks to a 3-0 win over Marseille at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon. A goal completely against the run of play a quarter of the way through from Antoine Griezmann gave the 2010 and 2012 winners something to […]
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LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Senate finally passed the long-awaited 2018 Appropriation Bill, on Tuesday, bringing to an end mouths of horse trading between the executivw and legislature . The budget, which was pegged at N8.6 trillion by President Buhari, was however jacked up by N508 billion thus bringing the total to N9.1 trillion. The […]
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LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deep Kamara, the country manager of Dangote Cement Ethiopia, has been killed by gunment. According to reports by the Addis Standard, Reuters and several other Ethiopian news outlets, Kamara was shot dead on Wednesday afternoon by unknown assailants near the Dangote Cement Factory located some 85 kilometers west of Addis Ababa in […]
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) Limited has increased its domestic gas distribution capacity by 150% over the last six months. The increase in capacity will enable the company to distribute more than 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscf/d) to businesses in its western operations. A statement signed by Shell […]
May 16 2018 | Posted in
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LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A survivor, families of the disappeared and human rights organizations are seeking the extradition and prosecution in Ghana of Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh for allegedly ordering the killing of more than 50 West African migrants in 2005. The murdered migrants are from Ghana, Nigeria and other West African countries. Human Rights […]
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has commended Cross River State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade for what it described as his giant step to boost rice cultivation and production in the country. According to the association, the effort of Governor Ayade will make the country self-sufficient in rice in […]
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LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has granted bail to the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, in the sum of N10million. Justice Nasiru Ajanah granted Senator Melaye bail in his ruling on the application on Wednesday, based on the lawmaker’s health challenge. The presiding judge described the medical […]
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