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…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians are still struggling to get Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, as depots continue to battle fuel shortage. Checks by our correspondent showed that many filling stations in Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, and other states are still shut down due to their inability to access PMS. The scarcity is gradually affecting…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The World Bank Group Finances has disclosed that the Nigerian government is still repaying $10.6billion in loans taken by former presidents. The loans totalling 69 were obtained during the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan. The Debt Management Office (DMO) had in June 2024…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Poland’s foreign ministry is seeking the release of seven Poles – a group of six students and a lecturer from the University of Warsaw – who were detained amid ongoing protests in Nigeria. It has also denied reports in international media that the group were displaying Russian flags when they were detained….
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain. The UK’s worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Stockport, northwest England, last week. Since…
