LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria youths are conspicuously missing as twenty young people who have made outstanding contributions in various areas will vie for the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work. The regional finalists were selected from a group of 50 shortlisted young leaders identified as changemakers who are actively making progress towards achieving…
LAGOS AUGST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It comes hours after Russia confirmed that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a private yet which crashed to the ground north of Moscow, killing 10 people. Furious Wagner soldiers in Belarus have sent Vladimir Putin a chilling threat hours after their leader Pregozhin was reportedly killed in a horror…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board. Prigozhin was on the plane, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency, which cited the airline. The crash…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada, long considered a beacon of opportunity and an attractive destination for immigrants, is experiencing a shift in this trend. Many individuals who once flocked to Canada for its promise of prosperity are now opting to leave, often citing financial reasons. In this article, we dive into five financial factors that may…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of the ECOWAS delegation to Niger Republic, retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, says he has submitted his report on the points raised by the military junta to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He expressed hope that diplomacy and not war would prevail as stakeholders brainstorm to find a lasting solution to the coup…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting opened yesterday in The Bahamas with a call for stronger action on gender equality priorities in the face of intensifying global environmental and economic challenges. Against the backdrop of a recent United Nations report projecting that achieving gender equality, at the current pace, may take 300…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger’s membership in the wake of a military coup, but responded cautiously to a threatened military operation to restore its ousted president, as Nigerien TV said 12 soldiers were killed in a new attack by suspected jihadists. National guards carrying out an anti-jihadist…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, plans to commit $270 million to Nigeria’s humanitarian and poverty alleviation efforts and pledged to help set up an emergency operation centre, its executives said on Tuesday. The government of President Bola Tinubu wants to lift 133 million citizens out of poverty, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs…