LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Global credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has affirmed Fidelity Bank Plc’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’ and upgraded its National Long-Term Rating to ‘A+(nga)’ from ‘A(nga)’. The upgrade, announced on May 29, 2025, reflects the bank’s strengthened capital buffers and improved profitability, signaling continued positive momentum in its performance. According…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BENJAMIN SAMSON in this report examines how several Nigerian youths are trafficked to Ghana and are forced into internet fraud and the trend which has already spread to other West African countries can be halted. The Ghanaian government recently handed over 231 Nigerian youths rescued from an alleged human trafficking and…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 1,081 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia as temperatures in the region soared to 51.8 degrees Celsius. It is feared that the death toll could be higher, as more than half of the victims were unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people have died and hundreds have been arrested across France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fans celebrated the club’s victory in the Champions League final, according to the French interior ministry. In the south-west town of Dax, a 17-year-old boy died after being stabbed in the chest late on Saturday evening, local…