LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian Airlines is spending an estimated $5 billion to build the largest airport in Africa. It could also become Africa’s busiest airport, capable of handling more passengers than the current busiest hub in Johannesburg, South Africa. In an interview with the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption case that he has sought to avoid for months — now by asserting that he is ill. The National Prosecuting Authority requested the warrant, the South African Broadcasting…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted $8,065,615 at the airport. NCS Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali, said on Tuesday at a press conference that the cash was stashed in six Bagco bags in a coaster bus parked at the airport ready to be loaded into an…
By Michael Owhoko LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Where is the map of Biafra? This is the question I have often asked the promoters and sympathizers of the Biafra cause, and up till this moment, their responses have been feeble, vague, evasive and suspicious, failing to provide specific drawing showing a clearly defined territorial area called Biafra. …
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of ThisDay Newspapers Limited has suspended indefinitely two of its deputy editors over a false report about the United States’ embassy denying visa to the founder of Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo. The report published last Friday claimed that Oyedepo created a scene at the embassy after being denied visa…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, plummeted to its lowest level in more than a year on Monday, trading below the Federal Government’s benchmark for the 2020 budget, as the coronavirus outbreak hit fuel demand in China. The 2020 budget, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has stopped issuing visas to Nigerians as part of measures to curtail spread of ravaging coronavirus. Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, disclosed this on Monday. United States last week announced ban on issuance of visa to Nigerians and others from five other countries. Though the reason…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Boeing 767 with 136 people on board has safely made an emergency landing in Madrid after circling an airport for four hours with a faulty engine and a burst tyre. The Air Canada flight to Toronto contacted air traffic control about the problems 30 minutes after taking off from the Madrid-Barajas…