By Chubi Eze LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As the COVID-19 pandemic spread like wildfire around the world, leaders of several nations instituted emergency efforts to repatriate their citizens from foreign shores. For Nigerians in foreign lands, accustomed to the usual incompetence of their officials, there was a sliver of optimism that the Nigerian government would finally…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s finance minister on Monday said the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax and halt monthly handout payments to citizens in new austerity measures amid record low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic slump. The measures, which could stir public resentment with the cost of living rising, come as the…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An empty aircraft operated by KLM from Amsterdam landed at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Thursday to evacuate some Dutch and French nationals from Lagos, Nigeria to Paris, France. It was learnt that the flight was duly approved by the Nigerian Government as it falls among the exemptions granted…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking video evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian Police and armed forces. This evidence of torture by the Nigerian Police came to light; after the BBC released the report on Monday, February 10, via its verified YouTube page. Torture…