LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exile in Nigeria if charges against him were dropped. He was accused of treason and other offences…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by customs officers at the Munich airport on Wednesday for not declaring a luxury watch he was wearing while traveling to Austria, a customs spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Schwarzenegger, 76, was detained for three hours at the airport in Germany, a source familiar with the incident told CBS…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman and her baby have been rescued from one of the buildings affected by the explosion in Ibadan. Politics Nigeria reports that many have been fear dead while over 70 survivors are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Ibadan after an explosion on Tuesday evening. The explosion, which destroyed several houses…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said preliminary investigations by security agencies revealed that the explosion that rocked the Bodija Area of Ibadan, the state capital on Tuesday was caused by explosive devices stored by illegal miners. No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed and 15 others hospitalised following the…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Customs Area Controller (CAC) Tin Can Island Port, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has promised to generate a whooping One Trillion, One Hundred and Thirty billion, seven hundred and sixty eight million, fifty one thousand, eight hundred and eighty one naira (N1,130, 768,051,881.29) allocated to the Command in the year 2024. Nnadi stated that…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) identifies 10 African countries with manageable debt, shedding light on their economic stability. Nigeria stands out despite domestic concerns. Tanzania (41.8% Debt-to-GDP Ratio) Tanzania takes the lead among Africa’s least indebted nations with a debt-to-GDP ratio of 41.8%. The East African nation’s relatively low ratio indicates a…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, to address the current insecurity in the country with immediate effect. The former Governor of Anambra State in a statement via X on Tuesday expressed deep concern over what…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell is set to conclude nearly a century of operations in Nigerian onshore oil and gas after agreeing to sell its subsidiary there to a consortium of five mostly local companies for up to $2.4 billion. The British energy giant pioneered Nigeria’s oil and gas business beginning in the 1930s. It has…
