LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s debt to China, France, Japan, India and Germany rose to $4.26bn as of June 30, 2021 from $3.85bn at the end of 2019, according to data obtained from the Debt Management Office. An analysis of the data showed that the country spent $402.74m in the 18-month period servicing bilateral loans, even…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The command style of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has upscaled Nigerian Army operations and enhanced its operational successes, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, has said. Nwachukwu stated this on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the upcoming COAS Annual Conference 2021. He…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication at Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, Mr. Nze U. Nze, has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, as a “true, tried and tested change agent.” Nze was speaking Friday at the university during…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority has stated that deliberate measures and investments are being undertaken to create a fully digital ecosystem in all the country’s port locations by 2025. The Acting Managing Director of NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Nasiru, Assistant General Manager Corporate and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid stretched their lead at the top of La Liga to eight points on Saturday with a slick 2-0 win over Real Sociedad but the victory was tarnished by an injury to Karim Benzema. Carlo Ancelotti said Benzema is likely now to miss Tuesday’s Champions League game at home to Inter…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the Kenyan capital,…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As a nation, Nigeria and most of her Federating states are currently faced with serious socio economic issues/survival dilemmas. Although this in my view has been on over time but as a nation that play politics with everything, we have been living in denial. But as it currently stands,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country. The suspects are Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar and Abdulwahid Auwalu. They were arrested by the Kano Zonal Command of…
