LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria has refused permission for France to fly military planes in its airspace and announced the recall of its ambassador from Paris in the wake of what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron. This weekend’s sharp escalation in tensions also follows a French decision to slash the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-As the nation marked its 61st independence anniversary on Friday, some protesters, with placards bearing ‘Buhari Must Go’, trooped to the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, to show their grievances over the state of the nation. Also, in some parts of the South-East, the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria got approval on Friday for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said in a statement. The World Bank board of directors signed off on the financing, provided via the International Development Association, which it said would enable Africa’s most populous nation…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter and a single-engine plane collided in midair Friday near a suburban Phoenix airport, sending the helicopter crashing into a field and killing both people on board. The plane landed safely, and the flight instructor and a student inside were not hurt. The collision happened in the city of Chandler near…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday gave two reasons the suspended Micro blogging site, Twitter, would be lifted in the country. Disclosing this in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 61st independence, Buhari said Twitter ban would be lifted if Nigerians continue the use of the platform for business and positive…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Just seven months into her four-year tenure as the Director General at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), there are reports that Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is growing frustrated with the workings of the organization and has floated the idea of resigning if no headway can be found on critical issues. According to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A three-term House of Representative member representing Nnewi North and South Federal Constituency, Chris Azubogu, was on Thursday kidnapped and his driver killed by gunmen at Nnewi Anambra State. Nigerian Tribune gathered that Azubogu, a former PDP gubernatorial candidate, defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday, in Abuja. In a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Atiku Abubakar Out of the race As PDP ‘Zones’ Presidential Ticket to South , Chairmanship Seat To North/ There are strong indications that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential ticket for 2023 may have been zoned to the Southern region. This comes after the PDP’s leadership reportedly resolved to zone the party’s…
