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Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway: Re-Examining Peter Obi’s Warning And Failure Of Accountability

  LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Media Office is revisiting the contentious Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, which continues to raise significant concerns about government priorities, the use of public funds, and accountability. When Peter Obi urged the government to rehabilitate Nigeria’s deteriorating hinterland roads before advancing an ambitious coastal highway, his position was unambiguous:…

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NIMASA-BEAP: Portal Opens To Nigerians As Age Barrier Is Removed

LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian  Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has announced the removal of the age restriction for participation in its National Innovation Hackathon 2026, under the NIMASA Blue  Economy Accelerator Programme (NIMASA-BEAP), following widespread demand from Nigerians seeking to participate in the initiative. The agency in a statement said the NIMASA-BEAP application…

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Poverty Remains High In Nigeria Despite Economic Growth-IMF

LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday warned that poverty remains high in Nigeria despite resilient economic growth, urging the federal government to provide targeted, temporary support to vulnerable households as rising food and energy costs continue to undermine living standards. The Fund, however, raised Nigeria’s economic growth forecast for 2026 by 0.1…

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Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road: Presidency Renounces Plan To Bypass Some States

LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency yesterday dismissed suggestions that President Bola Tinubu had ordered the abandonment of parts of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to route the project through the existing East-West Road, insisting that the entire 750-kilometre coastal highway would be constructed as originally planned. The clarification followed public controversy over the proposed use of…

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US Govt Fines Bank Of America  $1.2bn  For Failing To Police Suspicious Activity

LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bank of America has been fined $1.21 billion by US regulators for widespread failures to detect potential money laundering and other illicit activity, a penalty the bank said will hurt third-quarter ‌earnings. The Treasury Department said the fine, the third-largest in department history, is due to the bank’s failure to report more…

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Alleged Fake Agency: Court Strikes Out FG’s Eight Counts Charges Against Fake PFIPC DG

  LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the eight-count criminal charge filed by the Federal Government against the alleged fake Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi. Justice Mohammed Garba Umar struck out the charge following an application by the Federal Government, which said Adeyemi…

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‘Why 80% Of Marriages Fail’

  LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian lawyer, Ilavbare Goldfish Rahmatulai, has stated most  marriages fail due to how  men are raised. She stated this in a Facebook post on Sunday, October 11, 2026, explaining that this conclusion stems from her experience counseling couples in at least 100 marriages. While acknowledging that about 20% of severe marital damage…

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Bandits Kill 22 Traders, Including Security Escorts In  An Ambush In Zamfara

LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 22 people, including security personnel, have been reportedly killed by suspected terrorists who ambushed traders travelling under Nigerian Army escort to a weekly market in Zamfara State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, October 11, 2026, along the route connecting Gurusu to Gwashi in Bukkuyum Local…

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