LAGOS NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Republic has started restricting entry for Nigerians traveling with the ECOWAS passport, insisting on a valid international passport instead. This comes after the country, alongside Mali and Burkina Faso, withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), signaling a shift in regional policies. While the land border between Nigeria and Niger…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six students of Federal University Lokoja, FUL, and a driver have d!ed after an articulated vehicle rammed into the institution’s shuttle bus on Monday, Feb. 17. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred at about about 2.30 pm on Monday. Six people, comprising of students and the driver of the FUL shuttle…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 450 foreign service officers in 109 Nigerian missions abroad have yet to receive their salaries for the past five to six months, The PUNCH can report. The officials, serving under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are in financial distress and cannot pay rent and children’s school fees or meet other…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rich countries often give the illusion of a high standard of living, well-funded public services, and flourishing economies. However, that is not the case for these countries where the paradox of immense wealth contrasts sharply with widespread poverty among the citizens. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon, including wealth disparity, political instability,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has described Pa Edwin.K. Clark as a man who had a Passionate desire for a new and greater Nigeria. Obi said that Clark’s death coming shortly after that of Pa Ayo Adebanjo can be discomforting but there is…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the backing of the Katsina State government and a renewed spirit of resilience, residents are no longer mere victims. They are fighters. Armed with licenced weapons, local vigilantes and community defence groups are pushing back against the terror that once dominated their lives. For years, rural communities in Katsina State have…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Francis also received another get-well wish from US Vice-President JD Vance, whom the pope recently targeted in criticising the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants. “Let’s all say a prayer for Pope Francis, who appears to have some serious health issues,” Vance, a Catholic, posted on X from his private…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Trump called Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’, sparking criticism from European leaders including UK’s Starmer and Germany’s Scholz, who defended Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy. The UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump called the Ukrainian leader a “dictator.” Zelenskyy was a “democratically elected leader”…
