LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria made the list as US President Donald Trump launched a fresh wave of tariffs on 60 trading partners of the United States. The tariffs range from 10 percent to 12.5 percent. Goods from the affected trading partners make up 99.4 percent of US imports. The administration claims that the affected countries…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment seeking to withhold 100 per cent of the country’s assistance to Nigeria until the federal government takes effective steps to prevent and respond to terrorism and violence, significantly tightening an earlier proposal that sought to suspend only half of the aid….
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria requires competent, accountable and compassionate leadership to unlock its vast human and natural resources and place the country on the path of sustainable development. Obi stated this in a post on his official X handle on Tuesday after participating…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has said that tackling the education crisis in Nigeria must involve a fundamental structural change, not just policy Obi wrote on his X handle on Friday that the educational crisis in Nigeria ‘Calls for Fundamental Change, Not Just…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior United States counterterrorism official has claimed that American forces recovered the largest cache of terrorist electronic materials since the 11 September 2001 attacks during a recent counterterrorism operation against Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in North-east, Nigeria. The 2011 attack is considered by many to be the largest terror…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their vessel over the trafficking of cocaine into the country, imposing fines totaling $6 million, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Thursday. The Federal High Court in Lagos found the crew of the merchant ship MV Aruna Hulya guilty…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the front-runner for the 2027 presidential election in Nigeria, explicitly identified politicians as the Goliath obstructing progress. He emphasised that Nigeria needs a David to rescue the nation. At a Youth Conference in Abuja, organised by Rev Fr John Chinenye Oluoma of the Abuja Archdiocese, Obi clearly stated that…
Nigeria has retained its position as the third-largest borrower from the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, despite a slight decline in its debt exposure in the first quarter of 2026. According to the IDA’s March 2026 financial statements, Nigeria’s exposure stood at $18.5 billion as of March 31,…