Archive for: July, 2024

Landslides Kill 146 People In Ethiopia – Official

LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of people killed in landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 146, local officials have said. Two incidents are thought to have occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a remote mountainous area of the Gofa zone. The local authority said the search for […]

Tinubu Begs Nigeria Youths Not To Join ‘Sinister’ Protests

LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has urged young people not to join nationwide cost-of-living protests planned for next week, saying they are the work of “sinister” people “capitalising” on the country’s economic woes. Organisers are said to have drawn inspiration from events in Kenya. Protesters in the East African nation are now calling […]

Protest Allegation: Obi Demands Apology, Retraction, N5b From Onanuga Within 72 hrs

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has demanded from the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the President, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the retraction of his allegation, linking him to the planned mass protest being planned for August. Recall that the Presidential Spokesperson […]

Debt: Court Orders Sale Of Arik Air’s Aircraft, Hangars, Other Movable Assets

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja High Court has issued a major ruling mandating the sale of aircraft, hangars, and other movable assets owned by Arik Air Limited. Specifically,the court directed sale of the aircraft with the registration numbers B737-700/5N-MJF, B737-800/5N-MJQ, DASH8-Q400, and 5N-BKX. This decision comes as a result of the airline’s substantial outstanding debts […]

Dangote Opens Up, Accuses Some NNPC Staff, Oil Traders For Owning Blending Plant In Europe

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote says some staff members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil traders operate a blending plant in Malta, an island country in Europe. Dangote stated this over the weekend when he received the leadership of the House led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and his […]

58 Countries Declare Support For Okonjo-Iweala Second Term As WTO DG

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifty-eight of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term. The 58 member countries of the trade association made this known at a July 22 meeting of the […]

Looming Hunger Protest: Nigerians Are Angry, NLC Tells Tinubu

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The leadership of the organised labour, on Monday, counseled President Bola Tinubu to quench the looming nationwide protest by dialoguing with the conveners of the planned action. Daily Trust reports that hundreds of Nigerians have been mobilising for a nationwide protest billed to hold across 36 States of the federation. Reacting to […]

Kamala Harris Breaks Record As Campaign Raises Over $81m In 24 hours

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign raised more than $81 million in the 24-hour period following President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside, the campaign said Monday. Democratic Party donors have contributed a record amount to US Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in the 24 hours since Joe Biden exited the presidential race […]

Peter Obi Decries Nigeria’s Economic Decline, Demands Urgent Action

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the country’s economic trajectory since 2015. In a statement on Monday via X, Obi highlighted the contrast between Nigeria’s economic performance in the early years of its return to democracy and its current state. “When Nigeria returned to democratic […]

Amusan Beaten To Second Position in Women’s 100mH Final At Holloway Pro Classic

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, finished in second position with a time of 12.60s (-1.7m/s) behind the USA’s Grace Stark, who won with a time of 12.58s on Saturday, July 20, at the pre-Olympics race in Florida. Amusan, Team Nigeria’s medal hopeful for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics, began […]

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