LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of migrants including hundreds of unaccompanied children have been kicked out of Algeria and left in the desert without food, water or shoes, aid groups have said. Over 7,000 people including more than 700 children have been trucked over the border by the Algerian authorities since April in a dramatic escalation…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid are set to let a key player leave the club this summer as Carlo Ancelotti prepares to make major changes to his squad. The player has been at Real for many years and has made a major impact but he is now poised to depart. With his contract set to…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil marketers have revealed that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) as of Friday was N922.65 per litre. Dealers said this cost factors in various expenses including shipping, import duties, and exchange rates. The amount is a considerable reduction of N32.35 from the N955 per litre offered at the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four members of the Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Chinedu Okere (Owerri municipal/owerri north/Owerri west constituency), Mathew Donatus (Kaura federal constituency of Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Calabar municipal/Odukpani constituency), and Esosa Iyawe (Oredo federal constituency of Edo). Speaker…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of supporters on Saturday joined Tinok Andrew Nok, a senatorial aspirant in the 2023 general election, as she moved from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the Labour Party in Kaduna State. Tinok, the younger sister of former Kaduna State Commissioner of Education, Prof. Andrew Nok, expressed her conviction that the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African pay TV consumers are fast dumping DStv as access to affordable, uncapped Broadband improves, just as online streaming services gain popularity in the Southern African economy. ConsumerConnect gathered DStv parent company MultiChoice’s annual report for the year ended March 31, 2024, indicated that active DStv subscribers in South Africa (SA)…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disturbed by the sharp increase in petrol prices, car owners are abandoning their vehicles to purchase motorcycles and tricycles for private transport. A cross-section of Kano residents, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, lamented that they could no longer cope with the continued rise in petrol prices, hence their decision to seek alternative…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the decision of the broadcasting company, Multichoice to increase the prices of its offerings in Nigeria four months after its last increment many people have been on the search for a better alternative. When Multichoice revealed its new offering, there was outrage from the public online with many arguing that the…