LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US has barred Ethiopia, Guinea, and Mali from accessing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a two-decade old agreement which provides African countries with duty-free access to the US market for more than 1,800 products. The move comes two months after president Joe Biden told Congress that he plans to…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) have been thrown to mourning at the news of the death of one her student named Odemilin Evelyn who committed suicide on the 31st of December, 2020, Siggy reports. Evelyn, who was a 400-Level student of Department of Educational Management and Business Studies, Faculty of Education, gave up…
By Abbas Jimoh LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has evolved in the last 10 years, same way it developed since its creation 23 years ago. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has evolved in the last 10 years, same way it developed since its creation 23 years ago. A former Head…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Airport staff in Mauritius have found a newborn baby boy abandoned in the rubbish bin in the toilet of a plane. A 20-year-old woman from Madagascar, suspected to have given birth on the flight, was arrested. The Air Mauritius plane, which arrived from Madagascar, landed at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on …
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced total digital manifest management regime for all vessels calling at all Nigerian Ports. The Physical transactions concerning Sailing Certificates and cargo manifest processing are being phased out completely as stakeholders are encouraged to fully embrace the Agency’s initiative by visiting the NIMASA…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the leading candidates in the 1993 Presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, is dead. He was the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention and a major challenger of MKO Abiola’s in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. Family sources…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the ongoing debate among Nigeria intelligentsia and pro-democracy activists for its passage and assent in the Electoral Amendment Bill, the Inter-Party Advisory Council, a pressure group of the 18 registered political parties on Monday advised otherwise. While warning that Nigeria does not yet have the political maturity for its take off…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the past year, 2021, as difficult for Nigerians in all ramifications. Answering questions from the Press yesterday at the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri on what is needed for Nigeria to move on in the…
