LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomed announcement that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will become the seventh Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the first woman in the role since the organization’s creation in 1995. “The U.S. Chamber congratulates Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, whose appointment comes at a critical time for the […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has said there will be no immediate reopening of the the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza. The decision by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and the Lekki Toll Gate incident of October 20 to hand over the toll plaza […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle conveying 45 persons on Monday burst into flames near Anthony Bus Stop, Ikorodu road, Lagos, causing panic among road users. NEMA acting zonal coordinator, south-west Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in a statement. Mr Farinloye said the bus was en route TBS Terminal, Lagos Island, when […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pursuant to its commitment to further reduce crime and criminality in the State, the Lagos Police Command, between Thursday night and early hours of Friday 12th February 2021, arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in Ketu Area of Lagos State. Five of the suspects were arrested on Thursday 11th February, 2021, at about […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged the first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed DG of the trade body in a statement by the WTO on Monday. The United States government had last week announced its endorsement of Mrs Okonjo-Iweala for the top […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana has become the first African country to introduce the use of locally made ankara fabrics as school uniforms. Ghanaian education system took the bold step to endorse and implement the use of Ankara Uniforms. This has been a step dubbed as an effort to celebrate and embrace the African heritage. In […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man identified as Ekanem Idongesit has reportedly committed suicide after investing his sister’s 53 million naira in the troubled MBA Trading and capital investment. According to Standard Observers, the sister who lives outside the country sent him the money for land and housing projects in Uyo, but Idongesit was reported to […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worshippers, who turned out for service, were stranded as the warring factions put the church under lock and key. According to a report by The Nation, a Nigerian pastor has been locked out of his own church in Benue. Members of Congregation of NKST Church Achusa gave their resident Pastor a shock […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has told African leaders to see COVID-19 pandemic as an impetus and not hindrance to the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Obasanjo said the delay of the full implementation occasioned by the outbreak of the pandemic should give leaders “an opportunity to […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 66-year-old woman was arrested near the White House over the weekend after police found a loaded handgun and a handwritten letter for Joe Biden inside her car, TMZ reports. The woman reportedly drove up to a security checkpoint in downtown Washington D.C. Saturday night with a man sitting in the passenger […]
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