LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has pleaded with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help it combat extremist Islamic ideology among the youth in the northeast. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, made the pleas in Maiduguri yesterday at the flag-off of the distribution of relief materials donated by King Salman Ibn Abdul-Aziz Humanitarian Aid and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has been granted $200 million loan for the funding of the nation’s electrification project.“The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $150 million sovereign loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria to finance the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP),” AfDB said in a statement. “The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that the country can achieve self-sufficiency in food production. Obi who gave the assurance while speaking to journalists during a seminar organised by Zero Hunger Initiative in Sokoto on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since Boko Haram’s insurgency escalated in 2009, the group has killed tens of thousands of Nigerians as well as displaced millions who are scattered in internally displaced person’s camps. Even though President Muhammadu Buhari declared in 2015 that Boko Haram had been technically defeated, the group has carried out several deadly attacks…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa has received a huge injury boost ahead of their 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifying fixture against Nigeria at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. The Bafana Bafana welcome back Thulani Serero and Thamsanqa Mkhize on Tuesday after both players did not take part in the team’s first training session…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said the priorities of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar if elected as President will be to reunite Nigeria and fight against the increasing poverty in the country. Obi said this was because the main issue now in the country is that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13H (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday lamented the state of the nation, saying that many Nigerians are “disillusioned and hopelessly frustrated.” He equally hinted that Nigeria ought to have ceased to exist owing to “many mistakes that have been made, but God did not allow such calamity to befall the country”. Obasanjo…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose hosted the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, HE Peter Obi in his Lagos residence. They had fruitful discussions on how to rescue Nigeria and its people from APC govt and reposition the Southwest going forward. As the Southwest Coordinator of the PDP…