LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in two attacks by armed assailants in Burkina Faso, a regional governor and the army said in separate statements. The army said on Monday that a combat unit in Falagountou, in the north of the country near its border with Niger,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some youths at the Anambra rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC have ambushed and broken open a bus carrying snacks meant to be distributed to party members. The youths are reported to be among those who gathered to welcome the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu DAILY…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Niger State on Tuesday stopped a grand lockdown rally to sell the candidacy of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima. The programme was also meant to drum support for the governorship candidate of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has again fallen by four places on the latest Corruption Perception Index, CPI, ranking released by Transparency International, TI, on Tuesday. Although in the 2022 ranking, Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points, it fell from 150th to 154th out of 180 countries assessed in the 2022 ranking. The CPI is…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians do not appreciate their country until they visit neighbouring countries where their citizens eat one meal a day. ‘‘We have a great country but we do not appreciate it until we visit our neighbours and other countries where the preoccupation is for people to have one good…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy, sources have said. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred after Mairari…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In 2022, African countries were key players in the global player transfer markets in three reporting categories; men’s football, women’s football, and amateur football. This is according to the 2022 FIFA Global Transfer Report released by FIFA on Jan. 26 2023. Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire are listed among the top 10…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has commenced investigation into allegations of data breach by Guaranty Trust Bank and Zenith Bank. Babatunde Bamigboye, Head, Legal Enforcement and Regulations of NDPB, said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Mr Bamigboye said the investigations were triggered by allegations of unlawful disclosure of banking…
