LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2018 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) annual calendar of programmes will be unveiled on Monday, May 21, 2018 by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Ghana, and the International Committee of AFRIMA during a world media event and music conference scheduled for Accra, the…
LAGOS MAY 12 (NEWSRANGERS)-An Australian grandmother on Thursday lamented the $480,000 (N173m), she lost to three different online scammers, who happen to be Africans. The grandmother identified as Suzie admits to being ‘gullible’ and ‘brainwashed’ in the past – having sold her home and parted with close to half a million dollars in order to…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Senator Shehu Sani took a swipe on American rapper, Kanye West’s statement on transatlantic slave trade. Kanye West is facing immense criticism following his remarks during an interview with TMZ live this week in Los Angeles, where he said the slave trade was a “choice”. Consequently, Shehu Sani has invited Kanye…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Ghanaian president, Jerry Rawlings, has distanced himself from President Muhammadu Buhari’s controversial statement about Nigerian youths’ alleged warped sense of entitlement. The ex-Ghanaian strong man said this in reaction to some trending tweets accusing him of supporting President Buhari’s London allegation about Nigerian youths, which had attracted public opprobrium to office…
LAGOS APRL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana, has suspended the deputy youth and sports minister, Pius Hadzie, with immediate effect over the Commonwealth athletes’ scam. A statement released on Thursday by Eugine Arhin, Director of Communication, said that also suspended is the acting director general of the National Sports Authority, Robert Mensah. The…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Monday constituted a 16-man committee to screen the degrees obtained by Nigerians from foreign tertiary institutions. The move, according to Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, became necessary following reported cases of fake foreign degrees said to have been obtained by Nigerians from sub-standard institutions across the continent. According…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria scored 42 out of 100 points and ranks 55 among 89 assessments in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), while Ghana’s oil and gas sector scored a satisfactory 67 of 100 points, making it the best performer in sub-Sahran Africa. Ghana has a favorable enabling environment and also performs well in…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Rallying behind the slogan of “Ghana First,” thousands of people in the West African nation have protested a new defense cooperation deal with the United States, with many in the longtime U.S. ally saying they worry the expanded military presence could attract extremists and harm their country’s sovereignty. The demonstrations…