LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated the Founder of United Nigeria Airlines, High Chief Dr Obiora Okonkwo, following the recent successful launch of operations by the airlines. United Nigeria Airlines had, on February 12, 2021, made its inaugural flight from the domestic wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mozart was 200 miles off Nigeria’s coast when the pirates made their assault, their speed boat cutting through the Gulf of Guinea’s waters to outpace the container ship. Armed men scrambled onboard as the Turkish crew locked down in the ship’s “citadel” secure area. For six hours, pirates used the ship’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomed announcement that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will become the seventh Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the first woman in the role since the organization’s creation in 1995. “The U.S. Chamber congratulates Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, whose appointment comes at a critical time for the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged the first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed DG of the trade body in a statement by the WTO on Monday. The United States government had last week announced its endorsement of Mrs Okonjo-Iweala for the top…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has told African leaders to see COVID-19 pandemic as an impetus and not hindrance to the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Obasanjo said the delay of the full implementation occasioned by the outbreak of the pandemic should give leaders “an opportunity to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The price of Bitcoin has increased by 20 per cent in the last seven days, setting a new all-time high record of $47,251 on Friday, data from coinmarketcap.com showed. Within this period, Bitcoin experienced a low of $37,446 and a high of $48,464, before settling at $47,251 on Friday. It fell to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday and the ship’s captain described how they faced death threats and were held in a forest during their three-week ordeal. The sailors hugged relatives as they arrived before dawn at Istanbul Airport, where…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government through its newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team to resolve Apapa gridlocks and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team has identified 7 parks as holding bay for trucks around the metropolis. This is as they set out to put an end to the indiscriminate parking of trucks and…