LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Commuters in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, and other cities across the country have bemoaned the hike in transportation fares owing to the current fuel scarcity. DAILY POST reports that queues have worsened in many filling stations across the country, with Abuja as one of the worst hit areas. While some…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria joins rest of the world tomorrow to mark World Food Day amid worsening food crisis that is spreading like a wild fire across the country and forcing many into begging for alms just to have a meal, stakeholders have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to quickly arrest the situation…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has continued to flaunt his exotic collection of wristwatches, including a Patek Philippe, estimated to sell for N160 million, as poverty and soaring inflation bite harder in the commercial hub. Mr Sanwo-Olu’s constant show-off has been deemed insensitive to the plight of many Lagos residents who can…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the once-bustling Utako Motor Park — an interstate motor hub connecting Nigeria’s capital Abuja to its 36 states – transporter Jume Hanwa took a rare daytime nap in the trunk of his empty vehicle. It was Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday typically celebrated with travel and family reunions, but no traveler…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 8-year-old boy in India turned the tables on a deadly cobra after getting bitten by it. He bit back and killed the poisonous snake. In what The New Indian Express aptly called “a bizarre incident,” the boy named Deepak was playing in the backyard of his house on Monday when he…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As double-digit inflation persists in the country, Nigerians, especially the middle class, have called for immediate remedies, lamenting that indeed, the situation has rendered them poorer as indicated by the latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update report. The report, which was made public last Tuesday, had revealed that rising inflation pushed an…