LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States announced Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for a man described as the “terror mastermind” of a bloody hotel attack in Kenya four years ago. It said it is seeking information on Mohamoud Abdi Aden, describing him as a leader of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria lost N851.84 billion ($2.78 billion) to oil theft and pipeline sabotage in 2019. This was disclosed by the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) latest oil and gas industry audit report. The agency stated that it arrived at the estimate after using an average price of $65.61 per barrel and an average…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The travel measures taken against Nigeria by the United States last year are starting to have a clear and, potentially, long-term effect. Data from the US travel and tourism office shows Nigeria recorded the largest global drop-off in visitors to the US. As of October 2019, 34,000 fewer Nigerians traveled to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Investors in Nigerian equities lost about N1.71 trillion in 2019 as a combination of political risk, weak macroeconomic performance and tense global outlook drove the stock market to second consecutive negative performance. The stock market closed yesterday with negative average full-year return of -14.60 per cent for the 2019 trading year, equivalent…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles of Nigeria have ended the year with their highest world ranking in the last decade, FIFA rankings reveal. According to data released by the football governing body on Thursday, the Eagles ended the year in the 31st position. The last time Nigeria finished a year higher was in 2009,…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has joined other men of goodwill in wishing Nigerians a productive 2019. In his New Year Message sent to media houses, Obi said that as a realist and going by socio-economic indices all over the world, 2019 would be challenging globally. He,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has refuted claims that some cabal in Aso Rock have hijacked the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari. There are reports that a cabal has hijacked the campaign and that there was an intense plot to relegate members of the APC National Working Committee, NWC, in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NESRANGERS)-The crises ravaging the All Progressives Congress, APC, across some states appear to be eating into President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election campaign Party sources told Saturday Vanguard that a cabal has hijacked the campaign and there is an intense plot to relegate National Working Committee, NWC, members in the scheme of things….