LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s offer to sell oil to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in local currency rather than dollars was greeted with caution by the company. A senior official, speaking a day after Nigeria’s cabinet approved the plan, said the company had not asked for it. Instead, it had requested that the state sell crude…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Igbo resident in Lagos under the aegis of Coalition of Igbo Political And Social – Cultural Groups, Lagos State said they are distancing themselves from the proposed hunger protest that is taking off across the country between August 1st and 10th of 2024. The group equally called on Igbos indengene in the…
LAGOS JULY 31S (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nollywood actor and politician Kenneth Okonkwo has denied reports The dumped the Labour Party. Okonkwo said he’s still a full-fledged member of the party. He stated this on Tuesday while speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme. “First of all, let me say I am embarrassed by your comment. I am…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Tuesday night as Nigeria’s iconic singer and songwriter, Onyeka Onwenu, slumped and died shortly after performing at a birthday party in Lagos. In a shocking turn of events, the music maestro affectionately known as the ‘Elegant Stallion,’ according to sources, died at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after collapsing…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State mobilisers for the nationwide planned protest against bad governance have revealed their identities and rolled out demands and directives for the August 1, 2024, mass action. At least 13 civil society organisations under the aegis of the Northern Chapter of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), led by Anas Adamu….
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court has granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lawal Pedro seeking to restrict the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and the Peace Park in Ketu. Justice Emmanuel Ogundare granted the order…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Deji Adeyanju has slammed those against the planned nationwide protest. The human rights activist said the Naira is almost worthless because of bad policies. He added that the current value of the Nigerian currency is enough to provoke protest. “N100,000 is the new N10,000 and you say people should not protest. The…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. This was coming on the heels of an outrage by some of its subscribers across the country after the network provider barred their lines on Sunday. In a viral video on social media Monday, a mob is seen destroying…
