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…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was ready to face trial if his safety would be guaranteed by the court. Kanu told the presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, through his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Ejiofor told the court that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana has set a target of three years for the country to put a stop to rice importation. This was disclosed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei. Osei said Ghana was working round the clock to stop the importation of rice into the county based on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-H.E. John Dramani Mahama, former President of the Republic of Ghana is expected to visit Nigeria to deliver the Seventh Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine on Tuesday, November 19, at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria “Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa” is the main topic of the Lecture with “The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, proposed a toast for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The vice president’s toast was proposed at a dinner organised in honour of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Prof….
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socialist Republic of Vietnam yesterday begged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to appeal to the Federal Government to allow its country import rice to Nigeria at discounted rates. It was noted that the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vuong Dinh Hue, made the appeal in Abuja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chevron is getting set to Leave Nigeria. Chevron is seeking to sell several Nigerian oilfields as part of a global drive to reshape its portfolio as it focuses on growing its U.S. shale output, banking and industry sources said. Chevron joins rivals including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell in a drive…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said Nigeria should maintain a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives as presently TH constituted. He said the adoption of a bicameral legislature by the framers of the constitution was intended to address the country’s diversity and ethnic composition to ensure justice, equity…