LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World boxing champion Anthony Joshua is enjoying his stay in Nigeria, with a visit Thursday night to the Afrika Shrine in Ikeja Lagos, where he was hosted by the high priest, Femi Kuti. Joshua was a humble champion all over again, as he prostrated to Femi, in the typical Yoruba tradition of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A fresh crisis looms in the country as stakeholders yesterday rejected a move by the Senate to establish an agency to make life comfortable for ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorists irrespective of their wanton destruction of lives and property. Specifically, ignoring persistent public outcry against the release of the suspected insurgents, the Senate…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The mother of Leah Sharibu joined a group of Nigerians to stage a protest at the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom to call for the release of her daughter. The protesters are calling on the British government to put pressure on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Central Bank of Nigeria’s reserves data shows that the country’s external reserves have dropped by $1.51 billion within 45 days. The data was analysed based on the movement of the country’s external reserves between January 6 to February 18, 2020, as contained in the CBN data on the ‘movement in reserves’ According…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. is opposing plans by Nigeria’s government to hand about $100 million the American authorities say was stolen by deceased former dictator Sani Abacha to a top ruling party official. The disagreement may hamper future cooperation between the two nations to recover state money moved offshore by Abacha, who Transparency International…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Evidence has emerged that Assistant Director in the State House, Laetitia Dagan,was probably assassinated by yahoo boys. ‘Yahoo boys’ is a terms used to describe those who engage in advanced fee fraud. Dagan, 47, was killed about 11pm on Monday at her residence in Abuja. According to the ThisDay, the late director…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday began moves to establish an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant insurgents in the country. A bill, sponsored by Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe East senatorial district, was read for the first time on the floor of the Senate Thursday. Already a subject…
By Achiever Peterson, Jigawa LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department for International Development, an agency of the United Kingdom has spent over N12 billion on the improvement of the welfare, nutrition and livelihood of vulnerable and pregnant women and children in Jigawa and Zamfara states. The expenditure came through an unconditional transfer programme targeting pregnant and…
