LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Odiemena Faith, a maid, has been arrested while attempting to pour menstrual discharge into her boss’s palm oil in Imo state. This was posted in a viral video by Alakowee via Twitter handle on Wednesday, 2023. Watch video below: Maid apprehended while allegedly trying to pour liquid from her menstrual pad…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the biting sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States on the Niger junta would not be lifted despite the military leaders’ promise to negotiate with the regional bloc to resolve the crisis in the francophone country. Tinubu, who stated this when he received…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGER)-Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) under the umbrella of the Students’ Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike have rejected the astronomical hike in hostel fees by the management of the school’s College of Medicine. The university had in a memo announced that the management of the college had approved a consolidated…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is considering selling stakes in about 20 state-run companies in a bid to raise funds and improve governance at the entities, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is among firms the government may sell a stake in, according to the chief executive officer at the Ministry…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has confirmed seizing two private jets laden with millions of United States Dollars, gold and ammunitions at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA). DEC Director General, Nason Banda, said over US$5million, five pistols, seven magazines, 126 round of ammunition, 602 pieces of suspected gold weighing 127.2kilogrammes and equipment…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically elected president. Residents in the capital, Niamey, are calling for the mass recruitment of volunteers to assist the army in the face of a growing threat by the West African regional…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital skills and provide a grant of 1.2 billion naira ($1.6 million) to help the government’s create one million digital jobs in the country, its Africa executives said on Tuesday. Nigeria plans to create digital jobs for its teeming youth population, Vice…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s international dollar-denominated bonds fell on Wednesday, after the president’s spokesman said petrol prices did not need to rise more, and blamed foreign exchange shortages on “gross mismanagement” at the central bank. Longer dated notes fell further. The 2051 maturity dropped as much as 1.7 cents on the dollar to 68.894 cents,…