LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It appears Nigerians are in for good times in the new year, as the price of bags of local and foreign rice, onions, pepper, tomatoes, amongst others recorded a significant drop in price. This is according to the latest market survey, carried out by Nairalytics Research – the research arm of Nairametrics….
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Crime in South Africa dropped by up to 40% during the first three months of its lockdown, official figures show. The police minister said most types of crimes went down between April and June – including sexual assault and arson. He added that a controversial alcohol ban during the coronavirus lockdown had…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year old mother, Abigail Agbubla has allegedly killed her two children by poisoning over her husband’s failure to give chop money. I believe something came over her because if she’s okay, she won’t try taking the life of the children she suffered to give birth to. Is she cripple that she…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Monday reported 288 confirmed new cases of the deadly coronavirus, the first straight decline, to bring the tally in the country to 44, 129, with 20, 663 recoveries and 896 deaths (8 new). The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, said Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic in the country, added…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Tuesday recorded a massive drop in the rate of infection from the Coronavirus Disease. This was from the figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late on Tuesday. The figures showed a total of 146 infections all over the country. In the last one week, the country had…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The pump price of petrol could drop further by between N5 and N8 per litre, operators in the downstream oil sector have said. According to oil marketers, the crash in crude oil price warranted the recent slashes in petrol price by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency. They noted that the current…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno and Yobe elders has exposed another helicopter sighted supplying arms and food for Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking under the aegis of Borno, Yobe People’s Forum, the elders also asked those in authorities to tell Nigerians those who authorised the withdrawal of security personnel from the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, few…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Central Bank of Nigeria’s reserves data shows that the country’s external reserves have dropped by $1.51 billion within 45 days. The data was analysed based on the movement of the country’s external reserves between January 6 to February 18, 2020, as contained in the CBN data on the ‘movement in reserves’ According…
