LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s exposure to commercial loans has risen by 486.67 per cent in the last three years as the loans now make up 39.87 per cent of the country’s external debt portfolio as of March 31. The nation’s foreign commercial loans have risen to $8.8bn, an analysis of data obtained from the Debt…
LAGOS AUGUST 13H (NEWSRANGERS)-Four policemen working with the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have died in the service of their nation, killed on Saturday in Kaduna State by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. Six of the kidnappers were also killed in the exchange of gunfire. The leader of the team, Mr Abba Kyari,…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Segun Daniel, a 29-year-old farmer has allegedly beaten his mother-in-law, Mrs Beatrice Lajuwoni, to death at Abusoro village in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the marriage between Daniel and Olamiotan, daughter of the deceased, broke up after producing a child. Sources said the late woman was…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWRANGERS)-Soldiers of the Special Strike Forces deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested against their posting to Marte, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Northern Borno State. The soldiers reacted to the news of the latest posting on Sunday evening by firing gunshots in the air at the Maiduguri International Airport in…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sunday August 12 as the first day of the Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah. This was contained in a statement yesterday by the Deputy Secretary General of the NSCIA, Prof Salisu Shehu….
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil society organisation, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, says it has called for the probe of the sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Lawal Daura, for his alleged link with two fraudulent foreign bank accounts. The group alleged that part of the over £3m released by the…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A source close to the leadership of the Senate said that the planned resumption of the National Assembly was still being considered. House Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun told reporters last week that the National Assembly would reconvene tomorrow to consider pending national issues. Lasun noted that the leadership of the National Assembly…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man wearing an explosives belt attempted to attack a Coptic Christian church north of Cairo but failed to enter before blowing himself up, Egyptian security officials said Saturday. The man tried to enter the church in Mostorod district in Qaliubiya province with churchgoers but eightened security around the church prevented him…
