LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthonia Nwaorie spent years saving up thousands of dollars to open a medical clinic in Nigeria, where she was born. Finally, last October, she walked down a jet bridge at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport to board the plane to get there. The 59-year-old registered nurse had more than $37,000 in her…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States of America has affirmed its desire to train no fewer than one hundred Nigerian journalists on election reporting for the effective coverage and objective reporting of the 2019 general election. US Consul General in Nigeria, Mr F. John Bray who made the pronouncement while delivering a welcome address during…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and China agreed on a currency-swap agreement worth $2.4 billion to boost commercial ties and reduce the need to use the dollar in bilateral trade. Yi Gang, governor of the People’s Bank of China, and Godwin Emefiele, his Nigerian counterpart, signed a three-year swap of 15 billion yuan or 720 billion…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Monday said he would like to visit Nigeria, describing it as an “amazing country.” Mr Trump spoke while receiving President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. “Well, I would like very much to visit Nigeria. It is an amazing country. In certain ways, I hear from the standpoint…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump warmly welcomed the president of Nigeria to the White House Monday, the first high-profile meeting with a sub-Saharan African leader for a president who has previously disparaged the continent. Proclaiming a good relationship with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Trump told reporters he appreciated the nation’s role as a “strong democracy…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World football governing body, FIFA, at the weekend warned that it would not consult with any of the parties battling for the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation before throwing the country out of the game if it found that a third party has been meddling in the nation’s football affairs. The…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe has followed Lesotho by legalising the production of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, making it the second African country to turn the drug into a source of revenue. However, recreational use of the drug known in the country as ‘mbanje or dagga’ remains illegal. A government notice by the Health…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has again added his voice to the call for the restructuring of Nigeria. Presenting the keynote address at the 2018 Annual Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri Branch, Obi said that since the present structure was not working, the need for…
