LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians may need to brace up for tougher times as electricity tariff is set to increase by over 40 per cent in the coming days, a development which may eventually end all forms of energy subsidy in the country. With a monthly subsidy of about N50 billion still in the electricity sector…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African businessman, Johann Rupert, has displaced Nigerian billionaire and founder of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest man as a result of the depreciation of the Naira. Rupert currently boasts a $12 billion net worth according to Forbes Magazine in its Real-time global Billionaires Ranking while Dangote’s net worth…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will visit Nigeria next week. The billionaire will also be visiting Niger Republic. According to a statement seen by TheCable, Gates’ visit to the two countries is to discuss global health and development with national and local leaders, foundation partners, grantees, scientists,…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a gripping match held at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia, Victor Osimhen displayed his scoring prowess, leading the Super Eagles to a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Sierra Leone. With this win, Nigeria secured their place in the highly anticipated 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, comfortably qualifying with a…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a security man who allegedly conspired with another one to carry out robbery attack against his boss in Ikoyi area. The spokesman of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the Ikoyi…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi, one of the world’s highest-paid athletes, signed a lucrative deal with Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority in 2021 to promote the country, The New York Times reported. Newly unveiled contract details reviewed by the Times show the Argentine soccer player could receive up to $25 million over three years to act…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have smashed two Qatar-based drug kingpins with methamphetamine consignment. Eyah Celestine Nnamdi, alias Murphy and Ugwuoke Peter Oluchukwu, were arrested by the agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman, in a statement on Sunday said Ugwuoke…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Communications, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, has described as too weighty to be ignored by the government, the allegations by Niger Delta ex-militant leader, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, that the Nigerian Army, Navy and some cabals are behind 99 per cent of the oil theft in the country. Former minister noted…