LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a renewed push to foster public trust and improve awareness of Nigeria’s digital identity drive, the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development, ID4D, Project has convened a two-day media roundtable workshop for online publishers and digital media stakeholders. The engagement, held under the theme of building bridges between the identity ecosystem and…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, says that the Commission has recorded a 49 per cent surge in National Identification Number, NIN enrolment within three years, rising from 72.7 million in January 2022 to over 122 million as of July 2025….
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Russian customs authorities said Wednesday that they seized 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds) of cocaine hidden under a shipment of bananas, calling it their largest bust of drugs from Latin America this year. The haul, valued at more than 12 billion rubles ($153 million), was uncovered in banana containers with the help…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Right Advocate, Chief (Bar.) Malcolm Omirhobo has appealed to the Nigeria Senate to pass a resolution to compel the Nigeria Government to condemn to the appalling human rights abuses culminating in genocide and ethnic cleansing unfurling in Gaza by Israelis invasion. He stated that it is of great importance that…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has announced plans to reduce the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas. He also promised to start direct sales of the product to consumers should the existing distributors fail to allow the price crash in cooking gas. However, operators in…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)=Two prominent finance and economic experts, Dr Paul Alaje and Mr Ugo Onuoha, have formed a consensus that the present comatose state of Nigeria’s economy and the harrowing living conditions of the overwhelming majority of the populace have their roots in wrong-headed economic policies introduced at the inception of the Tinubu Administration….
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, his counterpart in Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoco Embaló, Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine of Niger, and former President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, were among the long list of eminent personalities who graced the burial of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, in Daura, Katsina, yesterday. Also present were Vice President Kashim…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports have emerged that Edoardo De Laurentiis, the vice-president of Napoli and son of the president Aurelio De Laurentiis, has been subjected to death threats linked to the transfer of Victor Osimhen to Galatasaray. According to Turkish journalist Samet Çayir, a series of WhatsApp messages were disclosed, showing communications between a purported…