LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says it is incorrect to say the execution process of the economic and recovery growth plan (ERGP) does not truly reflect the needs of Nigerians. He said this in response to a statement made by Bill Gates at the expanded national economic council presided over by…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NESRANGERS)-The present economic templates being used by the Muhammadu Buhari government do not have the ability to address the unique needs of Nigerians at present, American business magnate, Bill Gates, has said. The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft corporation however said Nigeria has the ability to approach ‘upper middle-income status’ like Brazil,…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWRANGERS)-At Nigeria’s normally manic border post of Seme, Lasisi Fanu says business has all but ground to a halt. He and other customs agents who help clear goods coming into Africa’s biggest economy from its smaller neighbor Benin say the long lines of trucks loaded with rice that used to jam the…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The two biggest economies in Africa, Nigeria and South Africa, were wednesday conspicuously absent as 44 leaders of African countries signed a deal to create one of the world’s largest free trade blocs. The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, according to the BBC. It is hoped the…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)– The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Wednesday strongly supported the move by the Federal Government on its refusal to sign the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Manufacturers Association frowned at the contents of the agreement, noting that it will lead to gross unemployment in the country…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 500 Chinese companies will visit Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, to recruit graduating students with knowledge of Chinese Language to work in China. Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Ahaneku, disclosed this on Monday in his office while addressing journalists on the 13th Convocation ceremony of…
LAGOS MATCH 19H (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Friday, a Nigerian scientist, has invented a device, ‘Mobile Intercom’, which aims at relieving subscribers of telecommunications services from buying recharge cards. Michael explained that the quest to free Nigerians from over-dependence on highly expensive imported telecom services, informed his decision to come up with the innovative idea. He recalled the…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alcoholic beverages drinkers, smokers are to pay more for consuming the commodities with effect from June 4th, 2018, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has said. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, Adeosun said the president also granted a grace period of 90 days to manufacturers of the products before…