LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The value of used vehicles imported into Nigeria decreased by 47 percent in 2022 to N325.05 billion from N617.48 billion in 2021, according to data from foreign trade from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). NBS reports that used cars with diesel or semi-diesel engines cost N72.32 billion to import in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps vehicle conveying election materials from Abuja to Lagos crashed on Friday evening, election eve. The accident reportedly occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. The vehicle was also carrying operatives of the NSCDC to Lagos. In a video on social media, people are seen rendering…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After almost two hours of outage on Tuesday, Meta has restored WhatsApp services. WhatsApp had reportedly crashed a couple of times in the past. A report by India Times says WhatsApp crashed in 2017 and the outage lasted over two hours. No official communication from WhatsApp regarding the reason for the outage….
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people have lost their lives and others were injured in a fatal accident involving a bus and a vehicle of the Nigerian Police Force which was driving against traffic rules in Oraifite, Anambra State. It was gathered that the police officers were allegedly driving “one way” when their vehicle crashed with…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian military cargo plane crashed in the city of Ryazan southeast of Moscow, killing four crew members and injuring five others. The incident happened during a training flight on Friday, the defence ministry said in a statement quoted by local news agencies. The plane was on a training flight without cargo…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Philippine police helicopter crashed Monday as it was flying to pick up the country’s police chief on a resort island, killing a crew member and injuring the two pilots, officials said. The Airbus H125 helicopter went missing after taking off from Manila and was found two hours later to have crashed…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The naira exchanged to the dollar at N504 at the parallel market on Friday, according to the Bureau de Change operators. It had earlier exchanged to the dollar at 500 in the previous week and at N490 a month earlier. According to naijabdcs.com, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official rate for the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Taiwo Kolawole, a Member Federal House of Representatives at the National Assembly has pleaded with the federal government to overhaul the nation’s aircraft to curb the recurrence crashes. Kolawole said this in an interview on Saturday, reacting to the recent plane crash that claimed the life of the nation’s Chief of…