LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-To sustain and further boost inflows of diaspora remittances into the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria will pay recipients of diaspora remittances through CBN licensed IMTOs N5 for every $1 received as remittances inflow. In a Circular the apex bank announced the introduction of “CBN Naira 4 Dollar Scheme” as an…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The task of building a society desired by all Nigerians is exerting and requires the contribution of all Nigerians as the challenge for everyone is “to build, not to destroy, to add to, not to take away,” according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo made the call at the opening…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten foreigners kidnapped in Gabon have been rescued in Tombia, a creek in Bille waterways, Degema Local Government Area, Rivers state with a ransom of $300,000 paid for their freedom. The victims, including six Chinese, three Indonesians and and one Gabonese along with four Nigerians said to have facilitated their release were rescued…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the weekend maintained that he has no personal grudges against his predecessor and former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, but only dislikes his style of politics. Obaseki disclosed this to journalists in Auchi, Etsako-West Local Government Area of the state,…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari had his first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Saturday, part of a bid to boost public confidence as Nigeria attempts to inoculate 80 million people this year. Vaccinating Nigeria’s 200 million people, and those in other developing countries, is seen as key to stemming the spread of the coronavirus, but…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Persons suspected to be bandits and armed with dangerous weapons are said to have attacked the staff quarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at Kaduna International Airport. It is not yet clear how they gained access into the quarters but residents of the village bordering the airport said some…
LAGOS MARCY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, at the State House, Abuja received vaccination for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s personal physician, Dr Suhayb Rafidadi, administered the vaccine at about 11.52 am. The vice-president was also vaccinated by his personal physician immediately…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A doctor who has spent the past year treating COVID-19 patients on Friday became the first person in Nigeria to be vaccinated against the disease, kicking off a mammoth campaign that aims to inoculate 80 million people this year. Vaccinating all of Nigeria’s 200 million people and those in other developing countries…
