LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cold virus is running through the France squad ahead of the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday, affecting at least three players in the squad. Coach Didier Deschamps said two players with symptoms, defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielder Adrien Rabiot, were isolated earlier this week and didn’t play in France’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be enmeshed in a fresh crisis as five deputy national officers are raising allegations of marginalization and injustice. POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the aggrieved officials are upset that they were excluded from the mainstream fold of the National Working Committee (NWC) since the current…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s total external debt has risen from $10.32bn on June 30, 2015, to $40.06bn as at June 30, 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. This shows that there has been an increase of 288.18 per cent in seven years, according to the external debt stock reports by the Debt Management Office. A breakdown…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s inflation rate hit a fresh 17-year high in September, stoked by a slide in the value of the naira that raised the cost of imported goods like gas and liquid fuel. Annual inflation accelerated to 20.8%, compared with 20.5% in August, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics…