LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s government must urgently address growing food insecurity, with almost one in 10 people facing hunger, the International Monetary Fund said. Nigeria is implementing a series of economic reforms that have fuelled a cost of living crisis in Africa’s most populous nation. The removal of fuel subsidies and liberalization of currency controls,…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Lawyer and human right activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has described as unnecessary the fanfare that trailed the inauguration of the first phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project. He stated that the entire inauguration exercise is the height of idleness, redundancy, misplacement of priority, waste of public,…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate in 2023 General election, Mr Peter Obi said it is disheartening that Nigeria that is once economically confident nation, blessed with vast arable land and abundant natural resources, now relies on a war-torn Ukraine for food assistance. Recall that Ukraine donated 25,000 tons of wheat to assist in…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-UEFA has announced a new format for the 2024-25 edition of the Champions League, which will see a significant change in the group stage format and the number of teams taking part in the tournament. From the 2024-25 season onwards, 36 clubs will participate in a single league phase, instead of the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan, Prof. Joy Ezeilo, has lamented that severe hunger and extreme poverty faced by many poor and vulnerable Nigerians are pushing people to criminal activities. Ezeilo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a Law Professor at the University of Nigeria stated…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has warned that the Ministry of Interior’s expatriate employment levy will deter investment in the country. The association also faulted the levy, saying there would be a need for certain regulations to be put in place before such tax could be imposed. In a statement on Sunday,…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria might be on its path to peace again after a decade of fighting terrorism as a UK-based Nigerian, Yunusa Jibrin said he has leveraged on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be able to identify bandits and their hideouts in Nigeria. He said his findings, if adopted by the federal government, would help…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nikki Haley has defeated Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington DC. This is her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign to become the Republican presidential candidate. She lost in South Carolina, her home state. But she is the first woman to win a Republican primary in…
