LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s detained president was seen by his doctor on Saturday, his entourage said amid mounting concern for his condition, while Nigerian religious leaders met the officers who seized power last month to try to defuse the crisis. The Muslim leaders visited the capital Niamey with the blessing of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu,…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris Saint-Germain soccer superstar Neymar has reportedly agreed a two-year deal to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. France’s leading sports daily L’Equipe said on its website Sunday that the PSG and Brazil forward will receive a total of 160 million euros ($175 million) over two seasons. No details were given as to…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has returned to first-team training and is likely to stay at the French champions this summer. The France forward, 24, had not been training with the first-team squad and was left out of PSG’s 0-0 season opener with Lorient on Saturday. He has been in a contract…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank has reported a $7.5 billion loan from U.S. banks JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs in financial statements published for the first time since 2015, sending the country’s international bonds tumbling on Friday. Nigeria’s government has had to seek overdrafts from the central bank to plug a widening deficit amid…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zara Kada serves up dishes of rice, fish and vegetables in plastic bowls to her customers sitting on wooden benches in the capital of Niger’s capital, Niamey. This business is a lifeline for the widowed mother-of-seven but it’s under threat as food prices have shot up after economic sanctions were imposed after…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After nearly three weeks of appealing to the United States and other allies for help restoring Niger’s president to power, friends and supporters of the democratically elected leader are making a simpler plea: Save his life. President Mohamed Bazoum, leader of the last remaining Western-allied democracy across a vast stretch of…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) may yet increase to about N750 per litre, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has hinted. This is even as the association urged the government to initiate policies that would save the naira from further depreciation. The association’s national spokesperson, Mr….
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lifeless body of a man who jumped into the lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos State has been recovered. The male adult was suspected to have committed suicide on Tuesday, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said in a statement. “The victim’s body which was recovered Thursday morning,…
