LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar said the hardship in Nigeria is getting out of control and that the distribution of palliatives is not the way out but sustainable action to end the people’s suffering. The former Nigerian leader spoke at his residence in uphill Minna when he received the leadership…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s Black Stars are likely to host their remaining 2025 Africa Cup of Nations home qualifiers in Nigeria, according to multiple reports in the West African country. This followed the Confederation of African Football’s rejection of their home venue, the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. CAF’s inspection team had deemed the stadium…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A financial statement published by the World Bank has placed Nigeria as the third largest debtor to the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) as of June 30, 2024. According to the financial statement, Nigeria’s exposure to IDA rose to $16.5 billion as at June 30, which is an increase of $2.2 billion,…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is laughable that the Nigerian Police Force is charging #EndHunger protesters for purported plot to overthrow Tinubu as president. Of course what do you expect from our IInspector General of Police whose years of service has been extended to the detriment of the Nigerian Police Force…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Polish students and a lecturer from the Warsaw University who were detained in Nigeria during protests there have been released, the Polish foreign ministry said Wednesday. They are in good health and will be returning home this week. The ministry’s spokesman, Pawel Wronski, said the seven Polish citizens have had their…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. government purported $27 million aid to Nigeria which is part of a broader $536 million package for sub-Saharan Africa, announced by Uzra Zeya, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is bribe to Nigerian leaders not humanitarian aid to Nigeria….
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Experts in the Nigerian aviation industry have described the acquisition of a new presidential jet, Airbus 330-200, for President Bola Tinubu as a waste of inadequate resources. Experts said that the 15 years old aircraft was more costly to maintain than the Boeing Business Jet (9BBJ) B737 aircraft, which the presidency planned…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The biting scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, which had hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since over one month, became more acute at the weekend and spread nationwide, with fuel queues on a scale not seen in recent times, and the product selling for more than N1,000…