Archive for: July, 2021

Naira Slumps To 505/$ As CBN Stops Forex Sale To Bureau De Change

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The naira fell slightly to the dollar at the parallel market few hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday announced the discontinuity of forex supplies to the Bureau de Change Operators in the country. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the end of forex sales and new licence approval after […]

Peter Obi Celebrates Birthday With Physically Challenged, Donates N5m, Computers

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi, has donated a sum of N5 million to Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled, Old and Tramps (RECDOT) Ozubulu, as part of the activities to mark his 60th birthday celebration. He also equipped the computer laboratory of RECDOT Comprehensive Secondary School, […]

Central Bank Of Nigeria Halts Dollar Sales To Bureaus De Change

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank is halting dollar sales to exchange bureaus, saying they have become conduits for graft and illicit flows of money. “It is a huge hemorrhage on our scarce foreign exchange reserves and it cannot continue,” the bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday. The decision by the central bank, which […]

Nigerian Court Discharges And Acquits Shi’ite Leader Zakzaky And Wife

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, had been in detention since 2015 when he was arrested after a clash in which the army killed an estimated 350 people at an IMN compound and a nearby mosque and burial ground in northern Kaduna state. The couple had been facing a range of charges filed […]

What Is Stopping Benin Republic From Extraditing Sunday Igboho?

LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Benin has ordered that a Nigerian separatist leader being held in the country be moved to prison from police custody. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is accused of entering the country illegally and planning to cause trouble but he denied the charges. He was arrested at a […]

Boko Haram/ISWAP Releases Pictures Of Abducted Soldiers, Yobe Protocol Officers

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The terrorist group Boko Haram/ISWAP has released photos of the two soldiers and a Yobe Liaison Officer they kidnapped on Saturday along the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway. It’s noted that the abductees’ identity cards were also released by the militants. Two of the ID cards on exhibit belong to Mai Lalle, one belongs to […]

Benin Republic Files Fresh Charges Against Sunday Igboho-Lawyer

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin Republic has filed fresh charges against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to remain in police […]

Jonathan Hails Peter Obi At 60, Prays God To Position Him For Loftier Service To Nigeria

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has hailed Mr. Peter Obi on the occasion of his 60th birthday, describing him as a sincere patriot, deeply committed to nation building. Obi, who was the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, marked his 60th birthday on July […]

CCTV Reveals 9-Year-Old Girl Who Sets N3bn Abuja Ebeano Supermarket Ablaze

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a classic tale of the unexpected, a nine year-old girl has been caught on CCTV as the person responsible for the burning of the multi-billion Naira Ebeano Supermarket in Abuja. The police have now arrested the minor, who walked to the inflammable section and lit the fire that destroyed the supermarket. […]

An Unidentified Lady Sets Herself Ablaze In An Uncompleted Building

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State after a yet-to-be identified lady jumped into an uncompleted building and set herself ablaze. Members of a vigilante group which discovered the tragedy were alerted by smoke bellowing from the building. By the time they got there, they saw the burnt body […]

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