LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Nigeria’s foreign trade in the third quarter of 2019 recorded an impressive growth with exports outpacing imports, a sign the current policies of the present administration maybe going in the right direction. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics Friday, total trade grew by 6.8% in Q3, 2019 compared…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There have been many attempts by people to leave the country, Nigeria, for so many reasons. These reasons range from corruption to poor governance. Hence, people are seeking for greener pastures where they will be a chance to put their talent to better use. However, being a Nigeria has its disadvantages especially…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Philip Osondu, who was the star boy of Nigeria’s Under-17 Golden Eaglets’ exploit in Canada in 1987, is dead. He reportedly died in Belgium at the age of 48 after taking self to the hospital to be examined on Thursday. According to the Nation, Osondu was said to have felt unwell at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has extradited 64-year-old Babatunde Martins, a Nigerian living in Ghana, to Memphis to stand trial for an indictment charging him with cybercrimes and identity theft. According to the U.S Department of Justice, a federal grand jury in the U.S District Court for the Western District of Tennessee indicted Martins…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife of Gildas Tohouo, the Managing Director of Maersk line, one of the biggest maritime companies in Nigeria, was stabbed to death during an attack at their home in Lugard road, Ikoyi, Lagos state on Sunday December 8th. According to reports, Tuhouo was at home with his family when men who disguised as…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worldwide condemnation has trailed Nigeria’s government the violent re-arrest of journalist and activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday (Dec. 6). It came less than 24 hours after Sowore and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, were freed after 125 days in detention during which two courts had granted them bail. Government agents stormed the Federal…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers for the Nigerian government on Friday filed “new and substantive” allegations of fraud with a British court in its ongoing fight against an arbitration award now worth more than $9 billion, a spokesman for the attorney general said. The government has been fighting efforts by the firm, Process & Industrial Developments…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills. Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before the senate by the…
