Archive for: October, 2024

Hardship:Nigerians Battling Depressions  Troop To Psychiatric Hospitals

  LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria grapples with worsening economic conditions, citizens are increasingly raising alarms about the impact on their mental well-being, with anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts on the rise across the nation. Amid skyrocketing costs of food, transportation, and healthcare, the economic crisis has severely reduced purchasing power, leaving millions struggling […]

AFCON Qualifier: CAF Chatises Libya Over Ill-Treatment Of Nigeria’s Super Eagles

LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The decision stems from Libya’s breach of AFCON Regulations and the CAF Disciplinary Code, specifically Articles 31, 82, and 151. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ruled that Libya’s national team will forfeit three points to Nigeria’s Super Eagles over the treatment of the latter in Libya. The North African country […]

IMF Debunks Asking Tinubu To Remove Fuel Subsidy

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has denied being behind the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria. Speaking on Friday at a press briefing on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States, Abebe Selassie, IMF’s African Region Director, described the decision to remove fuel subsidy […]

How Fake LASTMA Officer Arrested In Lagos

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a resolute operation conducted by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), a man impersonating a LASTMA officer, Mr. Adewunmi Taiwo, age 45, was detained on Oshodi Bridge. This individual had been posing as an official to intimidate and extort funds from both commercial and private motorists in the vicinity. Operating […]

Nigeria Owed More Debt Despite My Leaving $70bn In The Country’s Coffers – Obasanjo

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the size of debt being owned by the country, years after he left office in 2007. Obasanjo recalled he left the nation with about $70 billion, including a $45 billion reserve and $25 billion in a designated “excess crude” account. The former President spoke on […]

Nigeria VP Cancels Commonwealth Trip As ‘Foreign Object’ Hits His Plane In New York

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-President Kashim Shettima has aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa. President Bola Tinubu had delegated Nigeria’s number two man to represent the country at the ongoing summit. Traveling across Quang Binh to stunning cinematic locations But in a statement on Thursday night, the presidency announced […]

Peter Obi Mourns Passage Of  Ex-INEC Chairman Humphrey Nwosu, Says His Legacy Cannot Be Repeated

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra State and Presidential candidate of the Labour Party recently reacted to the death of the former chairman of Independent and National Electoral Commission, INEC Humphrey Nwosu and made it known that the legacy left behind by the former electoral umpire cannot be repeated. The statements […]

Libyan CAF Exco Member Laments  His Country None Present Of Strong Evidence At Botched Match Hearing

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdul Hakim Al-Shalmani, a Libyan member of the CAF Executive Committee has lamented that the Libyans did not present strong evidence at the CAF hearing of the controversy-ridden Libya-Nigeria match. According to a statement he made in the Libyan publication, Libya Akhbar, Al-Shalmani remarked that the trial scenereflected the great disparity in […]

Naira Slumps To N1,740/$ In Parallel Market

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira  today depreciated to N1,740 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,739 per dollar on Thursday. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,601.2 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell  to N1,600 per dollar from N1,601.2 […]

It’s Wrong For Tinubu To Scrap Niger Delta Ministry-Lagos Lawyer

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and Human Right Activist, Chief  (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo  has described the scrapping of Niger Delta Ministry by President Bola Tinubu  as wrong decision. The erudite legal luminary ascribed the scrapping  of the Ministry to throwing away the baby and the bath water. Recall that President Bola Tinubu  on Wednesday  announced […]

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