LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed by Niger’s neighbors in the wake of a coup are beginning to bite, as the junta begins talks with regional leaders about the political crisis, the nation’s ambassador to the US said. The “sanctions have started having an effect in Niamey as we speak,” Kiari Liman Tinguiri…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Breweries (NB PLC) has announced a price increase on all their products effective August 10, 2023. In a letter seen by Nairametrics and dated 1st August 2023, the company established the need to review prices due to the soaring rise in input costs and the necessity to cushion its impact. It…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve the Director General, Department of State Services, Mr Yusuf Bichi, the order of the court admitting him to bail and directing his remand in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (MEWSRANGERS)-The political standoff in Sierra Leone over the rigged June 24, 2023 elections is escalating. A Disturbing rumour which had been going around that senior military officers from the North were being rounded up was confirmed today when the Sierra Leone Police released a public statement announcing that it has indeed arrested…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The phone of Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023, election, which was widely reported to have been stolen at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) yesterday, Tuesday, August 1, 2023, has been found. According to Mr. Valentine Obienyem, Media Adviser of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Major cities in Niger are facing rolling blackouts following last week’s coup in the West African country. The power shortages are a result of Nigeria cutting supplies to its northern neighbour, Niger’s electricity company Nigelec says. The West African trading bloc Ecowas has imposed sanctions on Niger over the coup but has…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia might be currently disrupting soccer with world record transfer bids and offers of huge salaries, but Barcelona President Joan Laporta has told CNN Sport that there are “no sporting reasons” for a player to move to the Gulf state and play in the Saudi Pro League (SPL). “Fortunately, most of…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry protesters of the Nigerian Labour Congress, on Wednesday, pulled down the gates of the National Assembly in Abuja. The protesters led by the leaders of the Organised Labour, Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building…
