LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fuel prices across Africa in 2025 reflect a diverse energy environment influenced by local production, subsidies, and imports. Countries like Libya and Angola, with abundant oil reserves, maintain low fuel prices, while nations such as Ethiopia and Liberia, which depend on imports, face higher costs. As global oil prices fluctuate, these nations…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia’s embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The aircraft, identified as a Russian-made ilyushin Il-76, was on a mission…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibrahim Lamorde, the former chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, is dead. He was 61. Mr Lamorde died in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment, a close associate told PREMIUM TIMES Sunday morning. Born on 20 December 1962, Mr Lamorde joined the Nigerian Police in 1986 and retired as a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally, officials and AFP journalists said. The 664 Egyptians were to be taken by bus to the Emsaed border post with Egypt, nearly 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) east of Tripoli. General Mohamad…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Football-loving Nigerians have slammed the Flying Eagles following their lethargic display against The Gambia in Monday’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final clash at the Cairo Stadium, Egypt, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Adama Bojang scored the winner for the Junior Scorpions after seven minutes after he raced onto a defence-splitting pass from…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler arrived in Egypt, beginning a rare regional tour that will also seek to build bridges with former rival Turkey. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will discuss ways to enhance ties between the two nations as well as regional and international political issues,…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have reacted to a claim that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi travelled to Egypt to attend the Annual General Meeting of Afreximbank which holds from Wednesday to Saturday. Recall that Obi announced his departure to the North African country to understudy the education, power and finance sectors as…
LAGOS JUE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has left Nigeria for a 3-day visit to Egypt to study among others, the Egyptian Power Sector, Education, Planning and Finance Sectors. Obi who left Nigeria on Tuesday shared photos of him at the airport on his verified…