LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, fielded questions at the African Economic Congress in Abuja last week on the theme: “Building the Africa we want.” The former running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 2019 presidential elections spoke on a number of important issues,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried the castigation of the youth as unproductive. Obi who described such act as uncharitable, challenged the government to first of all do for them what other countries do for their own youth before denigrating…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bill seeking to regulate social media in the country has passed first reading at the senate. The bill entitled, ‘protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill, 2019’ is sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east. The proposed legislation was one of the 11 bills read for the first time…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Netherland has sent the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria packing from the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. This followed a 3-1 defeat of the Eaglets in a highly entertaining match in the early hours of Wednesday. The young lads from Netherland took the lead within the first four minutes, with the Eaglets equalising…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene in the border closure by Nigeria. He said the decision is hurting traders in the sub-region and it is clearly against the principles of ECOWAS. Nkrumah who made this call during a media…
LAGOS NVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under he aegis of Degree And Career (LEADS) launch literacy essay and debate competition 2019. The competition is an MOD group initiative in partnership with IELTS Test Centre aimed at promoting proper usage of the English Language among Nigerian Secondary School students. A statement made available to NewsRangers advised applicants to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian athletics made another bold headline for the wrong reasons yesterday, as the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) stripped United States-based female shot put thrower, Oyesade Olatoye, of the two medals she won at the 2019 African Games in Morocco. Olatoye won gold in the women’s shot put and a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWRANGERS)-Nigeria is considering selling naira-denominated bonds abroad next year to fund infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said. Africa’s biggest oil producer faces a significant increase in financing needs as it struggles to boost revenue required to fund increased spending on infrastructure. Almost 60% of Nigerians don’t pay tax and the state…