LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-India has become the second country to outrightly ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This is coming after the Central Bank of Nigeria instructed all financial institutions in the country to block the accounts of all individuals and entities linked to cryptocurrency transactions. There has been a lot of drama surrounding India’s cryptocurrency…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is reportedly sending taxpayers audit requests, asking those who have held cryptocurrencies to disclose their trading activity. SARS has sent the requests to a number of taxpayers who, in turn, contacted professional tax services firm Tax Consulting South Africa, reported local IT news site MyBroadband on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the lyrics of one of the songs of the late reggae music legend lucky Dube, “it takes a million people to build up a good reputation, but it takes one stupid fool to destroy everything they’ve done.” Luck ran out of a self acclaimed business man, Onu Oluchuckwu after he was…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said on Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, Siddharth Kaushal, police superintendent for Kurichedu town in…