LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France sealed a crucial 1-0 win over Belgium to book their place in the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia on Tuesday evening. Samuel Umtiti’s second-half header sent the French side into a frenzy as they look set to win their first World Cup trophy since 1998. On their journey to the…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has sealed a $475 million bilateral deal with France President Emmanuel Macron to aid a number of infrastructural projects cutting across three states. The initial beneficiaries will include Lagos, Kano and Ogun states. The agreement was sealed while Buhari played host to Macron in Abuja on Tuesday. Lagos aspect…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-nine out of the 55 members of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. However, Nigeria and five other countries failed to sign the deal. This was revealed by AU Chairperson and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, as he made the announcement in Nouakchott during the…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria has called for urgent prayers for Nigeria against “interruption of the democratic practice” in the nation. Speaking to congregants on Sunday during a service beamed live via the Christian television network, Emmanuel TV, the cleric stated he had received…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran comedian, Alleluya Akpobome, better known as Ali Baba, has reacted to the tanker fire at popular Otedola Bridge in Lagos, which claimed many lives. In a sober post on his Instagram page, Ali Baba highlighted the inefficiencies and weaknesses of the Nigerian society, which caused the fatal oil tanker explosion. He…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has granted Nigeria a $2.1billion loan to be used exclusively for seven projects. The development bank in a statement Thursday said the projects cut across supporting Nigeria’s investment in nutrition, access to electricity, states’ fiscal transparency, polio eradication, women’s economic empowerment, public finance and national statistics and reducing vulnerability…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Some Niger Delta leaders, stakeholders and groups, yesterday, lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over his Monday avowal that those clamouring for restructuring of the country had selfish motives, saying the President was misled as no force, including him (Buhari) can stop restructuring. President Buhari, playing host, Monday, to Urhobo leaders from…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka wants President Muhammadu Buhari to rise to the occasion, match words with action and stop the killing spree by “murderous herdsmen”. In a statement on Wednesday, Professor Soyinka said it is not enough for the President to distance himself from killer herdsmen as what is required is…