LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis on Tuesday fired the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to run it. The surprise move involved the executives of Caritas Internationalis (CI), a Vatican-based confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social services…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank raised its main lending rate for the fourth straight time to 16.50% from 15.50% on Tuesday as policymakers seek to rein in inflation slowing economic growth ahead of elections next year. Inflation and the state of Africa’s biggest economy will be major issues when voters choose a successor to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Kogi State indigenes in London have protested against politicians sponsoring insecurity in Kogi State. The indigenes also praised Governor Yahaya Bello for his actions against crime and criminality in the state . The protesters under the name,Kogites Disapora Coalition in London, staged the peaceful protest on Monday, at the Nigeria House…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has denied offering N40 billion to the standard bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, to step down for him. Obi made this clarification on Monday at an interactive forum with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A powerful earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing 162 people and injuring hundreds of others – with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude earthquake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75km…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 23 persons were reported to have slumped among the crowd that generated gridlock during the Permanent Voter Cards’ walk show organised in Kano State by the North-West Tinubu/Shettima campaign support group on Sunday. The one-million-man march, which took place in Kano on Sunday, started from the Emir’s palace in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- A former Swiss international footballer who was once one of the country’s most-promising young stars has been found dead in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. Karim Gazzetta, 27, was found lifeless in front of his home in the city of Mostar, 45 miles south of the capital Sarajevo, early this morning. Police are…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister Of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has restated Nigeria’s commitment to the sustainability of the blue economy while declaring open the 2022 edition of the Nigerian International Maritime Summit (NIMS) at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos State Nigeria. Sambo disclosed this during the 2022 Edition of The Nigeria International…