LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as he bemoaned the hardship being experienced by citizens. Obasanjo made the remarks while speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture on Friday. He insisted that if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty, Nigeria ought to…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission has barred Nigerian radio and television stations from airing the trending song “Tell Your Papa” by veteran rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, citing its “objectionable nature.” In a memo dated April 9, 2025 and issued by the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, the commission declared the track Not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) has allocated $2.5 billion under its 2023-2027 Nigeria Country Strategy Plans (CSP) to achieve zero hunger and improve nutrition nationwide. Seriene Loum, head of programme at WFP, spoke on Wednesday at the organisation’s co-creation workshop held in collaboration with the National Social Investment Programme…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several Nigerian families are struggling to have three square meals in 24 hours as the federal government’s promised food import waiver on essential food items failed to kick off in 2024. “I had expected the food import waiver to take effect last year, but that did not happen. Currently, I spend 65…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Economic woes continue to befall Nigerians, due to the rising cost of living. Job loss, unemployment, and low patronage in businesses are taking their toll on many. “Many parents have resorted to sending their wards out because they know guests would take pity on these children when they beg for food or…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they could enter a plea. A total of 76 protesters were charged with 10 felony counts,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As hunger, rising cost of living and power outage persist in Kaduna, residents have resorted to corporate begging in a bid to survive. DAILY POST reports that there is total blackout across the state over the past few days, leading to the collapse of mini businesses such as barbing and grinding of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Repentant Boko Haram members who are currently undergoing rehabilitation and reintegration process at Hajj camp along Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway in Borno State on Thursday, occupied the major road in protest of hunger and hardship in the camp Our correspondent gathered from eyewitnesses that the ex-fighters occupied the road at the front of the…