LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States (U.S.) has imposed new 15% tariffs on imports from several West African nations, including Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon, under a sweeping executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Thursday aimed at addressing what he described as persistent trade imbalances threatening U.S. national security. The revised…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The price of rice, which went down to about N65,000 per bag about six months ago, is on the upswing again, signifying more hard times for Nigerians. Sunday Vanguard’s survey in some markets in Lagos shows that some brands of rice now sell for as high as N100,000 while others are a…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The death toll from flash floods in the US state of Texas jumped to at least 78 people on Sunday as the search for girls missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth camp, continues. Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, said the death toll in the hardest-hit Kerr…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Cable NG reports that the market capitalisation of Fidelity Bank has crossed the N1 trillion mark as the share value of the company appreciated by 1.27 percent at the close of trading. According to data from the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), the bank’s market capitalisation hit N1 trillion after its…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Scores of persons were reportedly killed when a suicide bomber hit a local food joint in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, on Friday. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, said investigation was ongoing to ascertain the actual number of casualties….
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States (US) has commiserated with Niger State over the flood disaster as Mokwa flood death toll hit 200 with over 500 missing. The United States Mission in Nigeria in a statement on Monday, via its official X account, said it was deeply saddened over the incident which had seen many…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has revealed that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural dwellers now live below the poverty line in Nigeria. The Bank disclosed this in its April 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief for Nigeria. Daily Trust reports that the report paints a bleak picture of rising economic hardship, growing inequality,…
A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday afternoon, abruptly shutting down daily activities, halting trains and subways, cutting off traffic lights, closing stores and canceling or delaying some flights. The cause of the blackout, which stranded tens of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula, was still unknown by Tuesday morning, though…