http://ift.tt/2v069k7 LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices rose sharply on Friday, as the dollar fell and U.S. drillers cut rigs, feeding a rally that boosted global benchmark Brent crude to a weekly gain while U.S. crude was virtually flat on the week. U.S. energy firms cut oil rigs for a second week in three, the Baker…
http://ift.tt/2w61Jf6 LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A white van plowed into a packed summer crowd Thursday in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district, killing some people and sending dozens fleeing. Barcelona police called it a terror attack and local media reported up to 13 dead. Catalan police tweeted “there are mortal victims and injured from the crash” without…
http://ift.tt/2i97yCZ Torben A. Gettermann, Danish Ambassador to Nigeria, flanked by Danish Ministers addressing Governor Godwin Obaseki during a visit to the governor at the government house in Benin City on Thursday, August 17, 2017. LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Denmark has thrown its weight behind the initiatives of Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo…
http://ift.tt/2v5phMR By Chris Azebamwan LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-That honourable members of Edo State House of Assembly recently effected a change of leadership is no longer news. The leadership of the APC, Edo State is dismayed however by the spate of misinformation and disinformation that has been brought to bear on a normal and routine democratic…
http://ift.tt/2vMeclE LAGOS AUUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has intercepted two suspected human traffickers and rescued 44 minors in Kaduna. The Sector Commander, Malam Umar Ibrahim, said in Kaduna, on Thursday, that the suspects, a driver and one other adult were arrested on Wednesday on…
http://ift.tt/2v50Y1i Dangote LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $20 billion to $50 billion in the U.S. and Europe by 2025, in industries including renewable energy and petrochemicals. The 60-year-old Nigerian cement tycoon aims to move into these territories for the first time in 2020 after completing almost $5 billion of…
http://ift.tt/2fNTpdy File photo LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police officers, judges and prosecutors are the most corrupt public officials in Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics said in its latest report released yesterday. The damning report came the same day the United Nations Office for Drug and Crimes (UNODC) released its own corruption report that said Nigeria…
http://ift.tt/2i9mbX1 Buhari and Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has blamed the immediate past and present administrations for the crisis in Nigeria’s economy. This comes amid a war of words between members of the both administrations over which managed the economy better. Comments by former President Goodluck…