LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Each morning at a crowded bus station east of Nairobi, Kenyans load their bags on to minibuses emblazoned with the faces of pop stars and Jesus, heading to their villages in the hope of escaping the coronavirus. “I am going back home because of corona,” said Amina Barasa, her yellow headscarf standing…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari? In moments of national crisis, he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs, the President has embarked on another international trip, this time, to Sochi, Russia, for a three-day summit on gas and trade….
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria may be preparing to fail in the 2019 All African games scheduled to hold in Rabat, Morocco, from Aug. 16 to Aug. 30 going by the selection of under performing athletes at the trials in Kaduna. As at when one thought the storm was over with the recall of the best…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis who is on visit to Morocco warned political leaders who want to build walls to keep out migrants “end up prisoners of the walls that they build.” Francis said he simply couldn’t understand in his head or his heart how a government could be so cruel as to put up…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) marks a momentous milestone for Africa but preliminary findings of the upcoming 2019 African Regional Integration Index, released at the on-going Conference of Ministers in Morocco on Saturday, indicate that regional integration in Africa remains low. The Index, known as ARII, was set up to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major research firm, Forbes Africa has rated Nigeria as the 2018 best economy in Africa. It published its findings on the ten biggest economies of Africa with Nigeria topping the list. According to Forbes, Nigeria came on top with $172 billion which was followed by South Africa with $166.735 billion. Also…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the country after a two-day official visit to Morocco. The President arrived in Abuja on Monday evening, one day after he left the country to meet with King Mohammed VI, at the invitation of the Moroccan leader. At the meeting in Rabat, both leaders reaffirmed their…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a two-day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has said. Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the visit was at the invitation of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. He said the…