LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in a generation leaving many in Africa’s most populous Muslim country struggling to buy food. With food inflation at around 35 percent, worshippers taking part in Friday prayers at the central mosque in Lagos told […]
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s conflict-battered northwest. More than two days after her children — ages 7 to 18 — went to school in remote Kuriga town only to be herded away by […]
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has paused a controversial annual levy that would require businesses employing expatriates to pay $15,000 (£12,000) for a director and $10,000 (£8,000) for other workers. President Bola Tinubu imposed the tax over a week ago, but it was met with widespread condemnation. The Ministry of Interior said on X the levy […]
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has confirmed that he will be travelling to the United States of America Friday night to reunite with his family. This comes after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the release of his passport following the decision of the Nigerian government to withdraw its treasonable felony […]
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An outbreak of measles has been reported and confirmed in two schools located in Akpabuyo local government areas of Cross River State. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk confirmed the outbreak naming the two schools as Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both cited in the area. […]
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prison inmate at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara State capital has shot and wounded a roadside vulcaniser. This happened on Friday when some prison inmates were being led out of the facility. But one of the inmates seized a warder’s rifle and fired some shots which hit the unidentified […]
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria (TOOAN) Zone H, Lagos State, Mr Akintoye Benson is dead. Benson, who was also an aide to the Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, reportedly died on Thursday night […]
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua knocked out Francis Ngannou with a devastating second-round finish to shatter any prospect of a sensational upset and continue his march towards becoming a three-time world champion on Friday. Joshua floored a shell-shocked Ngannou with a vicious right hand in the opening round before knocking down the former UFC heavyweight […]
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed robbers on Thursday raided two banks at Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, reportedly killing two persons in the process. It was learnt that the gunmen attacked two banks and a police station in the town around 5pm, carting away unspecified amount of money. According to an eyewitness, the […]
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Japan-bound United Airlines flight was forced to divert to Los Angeles International Airport when the plane lost a tire after taking off in San Francisco Thursday, the airline confirmed. The falling landing gear from United Flight 35 damaged several cars in the parking lot of San Francisco International Airport after the […]
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