2024 March | NEWS RANGERS

SEC Proposes N150m Registration Fee For Cryto Firm In Nigeria

LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s securities watchdog proposed a 400% increase to registration fees for crypto firms as the country cracks down on the sector, according to a notice published Friday. The proposed amendments to the rules for crypto issuers, exchanges and custody platforms include increases to all supervision fees. Instead of a 100,000 naira ($64) […]

Mar 20 2024 | Posted in Business,National | Read More »

Traders Lose Billions Of Naira In Sokoto Market Inferno

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over one hundred and eighty stalls at the Sokoto State Central Market were on Monday, razed down by a fire outbreak that started in the early hours of the day.. Our Correspondent gathered that the fire which started from one of the dumpsites in the market, later spread to the stalls, including […]

Mar 18 2024 | Posted in National | Read More »

Lagos Lawyer Condemns Killing of Military Personnel, Reprisal Attack On Okuoma Community

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos based human right lawyer Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has condemned attack and killing of sixteen military men in Okuoma community of Ughelli North LGA of Delta State. He equally chastised the military for reprisal attack which has allegedly resulted in total razing of the the Urhobo community. Presently, there is […]

Mar 18 2024 | Posted in National | Read More »

Police Rescue 50 Stranded Foreigners In Lagos Duplex

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 persons, some of them children from neighbouring African countries, were, yesterday, rescued from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos. News filtered around Epe and the entire Lagos State that the rescued persons, foreigners, were kidnapped and kept in the kidnappers’ den, pending when […]

Mar 17 2024 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Peter Obi Condemns Accountant-General’s Office For Holding Workshop In London

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has condemned the Accountant-General’s Office for holding a workshop in London. Obi said Nigerians must vehemently denounce and condemn the decision, declaring that it is unacceptable and deeply troubling on multiple levels. Obi who stated this on Saturday in a statement he […]

Mar 17 2024 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Real Madrid To Face Man City In Champions League Quarterfinals (See Other Draws)

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City has been drawn against Real Madrid in a mouthwatering Champions League quarterfinal clash. Real Madrid will be looking for revenge after suffering a 5-1 aggregate drubbing at the hands of City in last season’s semifinals, as Pep Guardiola’s side went on to win the title for the first time in […]

Mar 17 2024 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Suspected Kidnapper Arrested Over Alleged Abduction Of 3 Kids In Lagos School

LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 40-year-old woman for allegedly abducted three children in the Ijegun area of Lagos. The arrest came swiftly after a distress call was made by the headmaster of a local school, reporting the abduction of students from the school premises. According to reports, the perpetrators […]

Mar 16 2024 | Posted in State | Read More »

Internet Outages In S/Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast Traced To Faulty Undersea Cable

LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa. Widespread outages were reported on Thursday in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Since then, services have largely been restored in Liberia and South Africa. The cause of the cable failures was not immediately […]

Mar 16 2024 | Posted in Business,International,National | Read More »

Tinubu’s U-Turn On Niger Sanctions Received Warms Embrace In Northern Nigeria

LAGOS MARCH 16TH(NEWSRANGERS)-After the army seized power in Niger last year, the president of its giant neighbour Nigeria was at the forefront of demands that the junta step down, even warning that the West African bloc could use military force to oust the generals, while imposing tough sanctions and closing the border. However just eight […]

Mar 16 2024 | Posted in National | Read More »

Tinubu Orderss Non Payment Of Ransom To Kidnappers

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his directives to security agencies and the ministry of defence that no ransom should be paid by the government to kidnappers, bandits, or any criminal elements for the release of abducted persons. The Minister of Information and National Orientation disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents […]

Mar 14 2024 | Posted in National | Read More »