LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa. Widespread outages were reported on Thursday in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Since then, services have largely been restored in Liberia and South Africa. The cause of the cable failures was not immediately…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH(NEWSRANGERS)-After the army seized power in Niger last year, the president of its giant neighbour Nigeria was at the forefront of demands that the junta step down, even warning that the West African bloc could use military force to oust the generals, while imposing tough sanctions and closing the border. However just eight…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his directives to security agencies and the ministry of defence that no ransom should be paid by the government to kidnappers, bandits, or any criminal elements for the release of abducted persons. The Minister of Information and National Orientation disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by a Coalition of Northern Groups seeking the exit of Igbos in the South East out of Nigeria. The suit by the group of elders and politicians from the North, led by Nastura Shariff, Balarabe…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWS RANGERS)-Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday clinched the 2024 Republican nomination for president, eclipsing the 1,215 delegate threshold after wins in the Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state primaries. The ex-commander in chief is also expected to win Hawaii’s GOP caucus, which was held Tuesday. Trump, 77, dominated the GOP primaries and…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria wants Binance to give information regarding its top 100 users in the country and all transaction history spanning the past six months, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The demand comes as Nigeria’s detention of Binance’s compliance head and Africa region manager moves into a third week. Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan and…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who kidnapped at least 287 school children in Nigeria last Thursday have demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($621,848) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands are not met, a member of the local community told CNN on Wednesday. “They called me from a hidden number…
