LAGOS FBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The international tech community is nurturing Africa’s digital ecosystem by supporting skills development, technology adoption and the growth of digital businesses across the continent. Giants like Google and Facebook are leading the effort through direct investment, partnerships and in-market teams in key African markets. Google and Facebook both opened offices in Nigeria…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the International Day of zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is celebrated all over the world today, Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has implored governments, corporate organizations, well meaning Nigerians and the public to join hands to fight against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation with…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria’s capital says U.S. support for Nigeria’s economy will continue given the African country’s demographics. United States Consul General F. John Bray spoke with The Associated Press on Monday after participating in the closing gong ceremony at the Nigeria Stock Exchange House in Lagos. Bray…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.N. refugee and migration agencies say the bodies of at least 30 Somalis and Ethiopians were found drowned this week off the Yemeni coast near Aden. They are believed to have been traveling in a smuggler’s boat. Survivors say the overcrowded boat was packed with 152 Somalis and Ethiopians heading for…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump has “intentionally divid[ed] the country and the world” during his first year in office, former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told the Lincoln Journal-Star for a story published this weekend. The president is “doing great damage to our country internationally,” said Hagel, a former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska….
