LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Prisons Command says education behind bars is getting more interesting with two of its inmates already pursuing their PhDs at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison. The Controller of Prisons, Lagos Command, Mr Tunde Ladipo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Lagos. According…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has called for vaccine justice for Africa. Speaking at the launch of the Bank’s African Economic Outlook 2021 report on Friday, Adesina decried the lack of Covid-19 vaccines reaching Africa. “We need global solidarity and vaccine justice for Africa,” Africa’s premier development bank chief said….
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-More cryptocurrency trading goes on in Nigeria than almost anywhere else in the world, reflecting a loss of faith in more traditional forms of investment, as Ijeoma Ndukwe reports. Tola Fadugbagbe recalls moving to Lagos from his small south-western town 10 years ago with dreams of brighter prospects. Instead, the 34-year-old ended…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Saudis who were involved in the death of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 received paramilitary training in the US the year prior, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The contract for the paramilitary training was approved by the State Department and carried out by a contracted group called…
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has commended members of the National Assembly over the early amendment of the Electoral Bill. Yakubu who made the commendation in a goodwill remark during a meeting with the Senate and House of Representatives conference committee on the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021 in Abuja…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRAMGERS)-Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has called on state governments to consider the proposed establishment of cattle colonies as a solution to the lingering herdsmen-farmers conflicts. Adamu stated this yesterday in Abuja during a press conference in reaction to the recent killings in Benue State. He said states…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday said that it received 573,519 applications for 3,927 job positions for its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, just a week after opening the portal. Recall that Finance Minister Olawale Edun had earlier confirmed that the Federal Government approved the recruitment of 3,927 officers into the NCS. Providing an update…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish president Mary Robinson, has cleared the beleaguered leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB) of corruption, according to a report obtained by AFP. Akinwumi Adesina, 60, a charismatic speaker known for his elegant suits and bow ties, became the first Nigerian to helm…