LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)— Exploring strategies to deepen private sector participation in the implementation African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was the highlight of a panel session during the 2021 WTO Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking meeting. The African Development Bank, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and International Trade Centre (ITC) organized the session held on Wednesday…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Patients about to undergo elective surgery are a high risk group for COVID-19 infection, Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has said. Prof. Ademuyiwa is the Nigeria lead in a study conducted by 15,000 surgeons and anaesthetists from across 116 countries. The study was commissioned by the…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police and soldiers reportedly killed dozens of people, including children, across Myanmar on Saturday, as the military celebrated the 76th annual Armed Forces Day in the capital with a parade. The online news site Myanmar Now reported late Saturday that the death toll had reached 114, according to The Associated Press. A count…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The massive container ship blocking the width of the Suez Canal has other vessels weighing the lengthy, costly, and perilous decision of whether to detour around Africa instead. As demonstrated in this story by Insider’s Mia Jankowicz, the sea route from the Red Sea to the east Mediterranean is a journey of…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid the continued confinement of the 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State 17 days after they were abducted by armed bandits, no fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Region 30, Trinity Sanctuary, Kaduna, were on Friday abducted by gunmen. Saturday PUNCH…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man is wanted after he allegedly killed his mother, and buried her in a shallow grave. The man, identified as Chukwudi Chukwu, a native of Umumnakpi village, Egwu Achi community in Oji River, Enugu, is said to have killed his mother on Sunday, March 21. After killing her, he reportedly…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it would maintain its current ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) until the conclusion of ongoing engagement with the organized labour and other stakeholders. In a statement on Friday by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, said the…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has advised Governor Ganduje of Kano State not to use the Government House for APC, Chieftain Bola Tinubu’s birthday. The forum described the plan as “an insult on the symbol of authority that the Government House has been to the Kano people for decades”. Alhaji Yerima…
