LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The eldest son of Usman Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, popularly called Amir, has been involved in an accident. Amir, whose name means “leader” and was named after Sheik Usman Fodio, was driving at a very high speed of over 200km/hr around 12noon within Sokoto Airport Road, in an area called…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has reacted to increasing speculations about his political ambition as the 2019 elections draw nearer, explaining that he is only contesting for a better Nigeria, using his experience to offer ideas on how to make the society better. He also said he was contesting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A journalist, Akinwunmi Dickson, and his son Nelson, 12, have been killed after fire gutted a shopping complex on Awolowo Way, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased were asleep in an office in the complex when the incident happened around 5am on Sunday. An eyewitness,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major research firm, Forbes Africa has rated Nigeria as the 2018 best economy in Africa. It published its findings on the ten biggest economies of Africa with Nigeria topping the list. According to Forbes, Nigeria came on top with $172 billion which was followed by South Africa with $166.735 billion. Also…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what is set to go down as a continuation of the gale of defections that has plagued the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara is set to dump the party for the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defection is…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans are underway to peg cash withdrawal limit of state governors to N20 million monthly, Daily Sun investigation has revealed. The new policy, it is learnt, will soon be communicated to the managements of commercial banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A Federal Government source, who disclosed the plans to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH(NEWSRANGERS)-There are concerns over the steady decline of Nigeria’s foreign reserves since the last three months despite the rise in oil prices and accruals from foreign bonds issuance. Exclusive findings by LEADERSHIP Sunday showed that the reserves recorded a huge decline from $47,787,183,153 billion where it was on June 22, 2018 to a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China will respond if the United States takes any new steps on trade, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after President Donald Trump warned he was ready to slap tariffs on virtually all Chinese imports into the United States. On Friday, Trump said he was ready to levy additional taxes on practically…