LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Shoppers and traders in some Lagos markets have expressed frustration that the recent drop in Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has not translated into any relief at the market, as the prices of staple food items remain significantly high. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last week announced that the country’s headline inflation…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians living in the commercial city of Nigeria, Lagos, and in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have lamented the over hundred percent increase in the price of sachet water popularly known as “Pure Water.” Water is an essential product to life. According to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late afrobeat musician, in…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is facing mounting criticism from Nigerians questioning the fairness of his business empire. With a total of 15,200 tweets at the time of this report, Dangote Group’s leader has come under public scrutiny for the reported disparities in the prices of his cement products across Africa. According…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo on Monday rated President Muhammadu Buhari high while reading the scorecard of the President on what he described as “Strategic interventions” designed in the transportation sector. The Minister presented the 2015 till date scorecard at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture Press Centre,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A rat has reportedly strayed into an exhibit storage room for cannabis in one of the commands of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, shared a video of the animal via his Twitter handle on Monday. He said the rat began to misbehave some minutes after it…