LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The port of Lagos has long had a reputation in the shipping industry of being a headache — a hub where costly delays and other obstacles are legion. But many in the business say the gateway to the huge market of Nigeria has become even more choked in recent months, its problems…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Okeke Leticia Chigozie, a 28-year-old Nigerian logistics worker, dreams of opening her own shoe store in Nigeria. Having no credit history, she does not qualify for a bank loan to fund her enterprise. Instead, she joined a traditional savings group in her community, sometimes called esusu. These savings circles allow those without…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to keep praying for the nation, especially the leaders who, he said, needed the fear of God in their lives. Obi made the call on Sunday at the Flag-Off of the 2021…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two teachers, and a nurse, were allegedly injured on, March 10, when SS1 students led thugs to attack staffs of the school after a teacher seized their phone. It was gathered that on Wednesday 10th March 2021, the Physics teacher caught some SS 1 students watching pornography on a…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Divergent views have continued to trail the Federal Government’s desire to appropriate the £4.2m recovered from Britain that former Governor James Onanefe Ibori and his associates looted. Indeed, groups and individuals are rising in support of repatriating the money to Delta State. Already, a human rights activist and lawyer, Chief Malcom Omirhobo…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja “to restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government from borrowing an estimated N895bn of Nigerians’ money in the form of their unclaimed dividends and balances in dormant accounts, under the guise…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six herders were killed when gunmen raided a settlement in Wasinmi village, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, on Saturday night. It was gathered that immediately the gunmen stormed the Fulani settlement, they opened fire, killing six herders on the spot. Our correspondent gathered that those killed are…
LAGOS MARH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Samuel Perry, a comic-actor better known as Broda Shaggi, says poverty made him consider a career in entertainment. The comedian brought the revelation to light during a movie premiere in Lagos. Shaggi said he left his hometown in Ikenne, Ogun state for Lagos after the demise of his father to stay with…
