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…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Maritime Journalists Association Of Nigeria (MAJAN) are set to hold a roundtable chat that will focus on ‘African Continental Free Trade Agreement’ (ACFTA). The group is equally slated to hold National Maritime Summit on Apapa traffic gridlock on March, 2021. Making the pronouncement in a statement made available to NewsRangers,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-India has become the second country to outrightly ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This is coming after the Central Bank of Nigeria instructed all financial institutions in the country to block the accounts of all individuals and entities linked to cryptocurrency transactions. There has been a lot of drama surrounding India’s cryptocurrency…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Tuesday evening, James Chijindu went to a mall in Lagos to grab a meal and groceries. When it came time to pay, his Guaranty Trust Bank and First Bank debit cards were unresponsive. So he called a GTBank helpline and the message was clear; Chijindu’s account was closed in accordance with…