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 JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Diane Kearns sat at her old-school wooden desk, black hair pulled into a ponytail and face devoid of makeup, and prepared to go to war. The Austin, Texas, mother of three was fiercely focused on one thing: finding a COVID-19 vaccine for her 18-year-old son, Dean, whose disabilities include cerebral palsy, seizure…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thedownstream sector of the petroleum industry was yesterday thrown into confusion as a leaked memo from the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) on an increase of the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit(PMS), popularly called petrol created panic among stakeholders and anger within the populace. The ex-depot price is the price at…