LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Dozens of baskets brimming with newly-picked tomatoes gently rot in the sticky heat, becoming the latest casualty in a bout of trade tension between Benin and Nigeria. On August 19, President Muhammadu Buhari unexpectedly closed Nigeria’s borders to goods trade with Benin and Niger, declaring the time had come to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British judge on Thursday gave Nigeria permission to seek to overturn a ruling that would have allowed a private firm to try to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the West African country. Process & Industrial Developments, a firm set up to carry out a gas project with Nigeria,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari on Tuesday in New York alerted World Leaders on attempts by international criminal groups to cheat Nigeria of billions. He raised the alarm while presenting the country’s National Statement as the fifth speaker on the first day of the General Debate during the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The five-time World Cup champions will lock horns with the Super Eagles during the next Fifa international break Brazil have officially announced the scheduling of a friendly match against the Super Eagles on October 13 in Singapore. Shortly after the country’s 2-2 draw with Ukraine in Dnipro, German tactician Gernot Rohr made…
LAGOS SEPTMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Monday, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria and the American Business Council, in partnership with the Government of Nigeria and members of the private sector, launched a two-day Intellectual Property (IP) Symposium on the theme “The Bane of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and Piracy.” The symposium brought together a broad range of stakeholders including…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chelsea striker and Premier League scoring leader Tammy Abraham has left the door open to joining up with the Nigeria national team, leaving England insecure over his future. Gareth Southgate will be sweating on losing the player he called up in November 2017, but has still only played in friendly matches, which…
By Paul Carsten LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) – When Islamic State gunmen stormed the northeast Nigerian town of Magumeri on the night of August 21, they had free rein. Nigerian soldiers had left the town earlier that month under a new strategy of withdrawing to “super camps” that can be more easily defended against insurgents…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video making rounds online captured moment South Africans engaged in a peaceful demonstration to beg Nigerians and citizens of other African countries for forgiveness over the xenophobic attacks. SEE VIDEO View this post on Instagram South Africans engage in peaceful demonstration to ask #Nigeria and other African countries for forgiveness over…