LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The last has not been heard on the discovery of a shrine inside a bush at Amaekpu Ohafia, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. Last week, some youths on hunting expedition reportedly discovered a tree inside a forest at Amaekpu. Belongings of some people were nailed to the tree by two…
LAGOS MATCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petrol price in Nigeria will go higher from its present N165 if the price of crude keeps going up, Zainab Ahmed, the finance minister has said. Zainab spoke on Monday during her contribution in an interaction arranged by the Presidency Media team and State House reporters. According to the Minister of Finance,…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-George Weah Jr, the son of Liberia’s president, was brought into custody on Wednesday morning over charges of public disorder for noise nuisance related to a house party in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to French media. George Weah Junior, son of the president of Liberia, was brought before the judicial…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The Government of Canada and the African Development Bank have signed an agreement formalizing the Canada–African Development Bank Climate Fund (CACF), a transformative special fund aimed at providing concessional loans to climate change-related projects with a strong gender-responsive component. The fund will be capitalized through a combination of a CAD 122.9…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Help! Lekki residents are exposed to water-related diseases engendered by sub-standard and unregulated sources of water supply. Increasing cases of dysentery and diarrhea-induced pathogenic bacteria infections have sparked concerns on public health in the area. Water is an essential element in human life, and inability to have access…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fear grips beggars in Osun State community of Ede as no fewer than fifteen of them died of suspected food poisoning. A report monitored in InsightMedia revealed that the beggars started dying on Monday morning and as at early hours of Tuesday, no fewer than 15 beggars have been confirmed dead. The…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first 165,000 of up to 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that MTN Group is donating to African countries have arrived in Ghana, the South African telecoms company said on Tuesday. It is donating $25 million to support the African Union’s vaccination programme. The vaccines are intended to be distributed to health…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Berlin is planning to hand back its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, piling pressure on the British Museum to return its own world-class holdings. Germany is moving towards full restitution of its looted treasures, a foreign ministry official revealed yesterday. Hundreds of bronzes from the ancient Kingdom of Benin, located in modern-day Nigeria…
