LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos International Trade Fair Complex has been partially shut following a violent clash that left one person dead and three others injured at the Balogun Business Association (BBA) market. The incident, which occurred on Sunday along the Badagry Expressway axis of Lagos, prompted the management board to seal off the affected…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An attack on a nightclub has left more than two dozen people injured, including a number of teenagers, authorities have confirmed. A total of 33 people suffered injuries in the horror blast in Peru, with five left in a serious condition after the shock Saturday (March 7) night attack. The explosion…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first set of Nigerians marked for deportation from the US under President Donald Trump have left America. President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana disclosed this to reporters late Wednesday. “A group of 14 deportees including Nigerians and one Gambian have already arrived in Ghana, and the government facilitated their return…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bandit attack on a church camp in Nyanya, a town in Nasarawa, has reportedly left three worshipers dead. TheCable understands that the bandits attacked the Divine Majesty Worship Ministry camp in the town last Monday. A church source said the bandits broke into the hostel at a time when the worshippers…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed a popular building materials merchant, identified as Ismaila Awoyinka, in Ore, Odigbo local government area of Ondo state. The suspected assassins were said to have stationed themselves in a stall very close to the residence of the deceased at Caring Heart Mega School, Idi mango area in Ore, on…
By Chukwudi Iwuchukwu LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the last count, five multinationals have closed shop and left Nigeria this year alone. They include Unilever, GSK, P&G, Sanofi, and Equinor. Unilever Nigeria exited its home care and skin cleansing categories in Nigeria. Equinox, a Norwegian oil and gas company, sold its oil and gas assets, including…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has barely been in power for two months but his radical reforms are already trying the patience of fellow Nigerians. Surging gasoline prices and rampant inflation following the abolition of fuel subsidies and exchange rate reform are hammering the poor in Africa’s most populous nation, where 40% of its…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Strikes by airport and airline staff grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of travellers stranded in Europe on Saturday at the height of the busy summer tourism season. In Italy, some 1,000 flights, both domestic and international, were cancelled as a result of the strike by ground crew, according to airport…