LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Naira scarcity is biting harder across the country as banks have limited cash withdrawals, findings by Daily Trust have shown. Residents of Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Adamawa and in other parts of the country are expressing concerns over their inability to withdraw huge cash in their banks, raising fears of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy north of Florence on Monday morning, sending residents into the streets but causing no immediate damage, authorities said. Schools were closed in some areas as a precaution and trains were delayed pending checks on the railway lines. Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) measured…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people and injured hundreds more, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes in the country’s deadliest tremor in more than six decades. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen scored twice to help defending champion Napoli come from behind to win at newly promoted Frosinone 3-1 on the opening day of Serie A on Saturday. Osimhen, the leading goal-scorer last season with 26, scored in each half to help Napoli get its title defence off to a good start….
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On the road linking Niger’s capital Niamey with the south of the country, illegal fuel warehouses have closed and intrepid black-market touts waving petrol canisters at passing cars have become an endangered species. The reason? Neighbouring Nigeria has scrapped its subsidies for petrol — a move that tripled domestic prices and ended…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petrol prices in Nigeria hit their highest level ever on Tuesday (July 18). That’s just weeks after President Bola Tinubu scrapped a fuel subsidy in a country where millions of households and businesses rely on petrol for power due to a patchy national grid. According to a circular seen by Reuters,…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stephen Mouka, a popular Labour Party (LP) supporter and the man behind the popular “Eluuu-P” chant has reportedly landed a five year Ambassador deal worth a whooping N100 Million from a real estate firm. News Direct had reported how the Eluuu-P crooner, was recently spotted in his workshop where he labours for…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (URHOBTODAY)-Fuel pump price is now between N400 and N500 in Edo and Delta, as long queues on Tuesday morning, resurfaced in the few filling stations opened for business. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sudden hike in fuel pump price and long queues followed President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement removing…