LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has pointed out that the high level of insecurity and the apparent neglect of the agricultural sector, among other factors, are responsible for the prevalent soaring food inflation experienced in the country. Obi, who made it known in a Message to mark…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that it is time for the country to be rescued from the leadership failure which has continued to dwarf its growth and development over the years. Speaking on Saturday at Jamie Pajoel International Leadership Conference in Owerri, on Saturday, Obi likened…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Construction giant Julius Berger Nigeria Plc said its after-tax profit for full-year 2020 fell to N1.357 billion, an 84.5 per cent fall from the figure posted in the same period of 1999, as the pandemic outbreak upset operations and shrank earnings, setting in motion its weakest profit in four years. Revenue was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Yemi Kale, to change the high unemployment statistics and reflect the rising rate of employment in the agriculture sector. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this on Sunrise Daily,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that the country can achieve self-sufficiency in food production. Obi who gave the assurance while speaking to journalists during a seminar organised by Zero Hunger Initiative in Sokoto on…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The African Development Bank has signed a loan agreement for a soft commodity finance facility (SCFF) with the Export Trading Group (ETC). This Facility is innovatively structured as two successive loans of US $100 million, each with a tenor of up to 2 years, thus signifying the African Development Bank’s strong…