LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has arrived Abuja. Tinubu’s arrival comes hours after Media Aide on Digital Communications to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad hinted that he (Tinubu) was expected to arrive Abuja today. He dropped the hint in a statement via his verified Twitter…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to Saturday’s rallies organised by his supporters, known as the Obidients, across the nation. The Obidients, in commemoration of the nation’s Independence Day celebration held peaceful rallies in Lagos, Bauchi, Edo and others, including London. Reacting in a statement on Sunday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights activist and academic has sued Attorney General of the Federation, National Orientation Agency (NOA), national human rights commission and nine media outfits as fourth-twelve defendants before Federal High Court, Abuja for unsubstantiated ascription of bandits or terrorists attacks in various parts of the country to people of Fulani extraction….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dollar hit N735 in the parallel market on Wednesday as political campaign activities began in the country. According to Bureau De Change operators in Lagos and Abuja, dollar price had increased from N718 – N720 to N728-N735 in the last one week. A BDC operator at Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos, Bala Usman,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has failed to capitalise on an oil price boom that has helped cushion other exporters from the impact of inflation, with millions more Nigerians now facing poverty. Data from Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC shows that it did not contribute anything to state coffers in the first eight months of 2022,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honorable Minister of Transportation Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo says Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organization, IMO, to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry. This is just as Nigeria joins the IMO to commemorate the 2022 World Maritime Day. Sambo…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two years after Samuel Ashola was shot in the leg during a peaceful protest in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, the unemployed artist boils with anger as he prepares to vote. “My blood is hot,” said the 30-year-old, before campaigning for the 2023 general elections starts later in September. “I’m from the ghetto,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventy three percent of Nigeria’s healthcare workers have stated that a lack of financial support will be one of the biggest threats to their national health system in the event of a new global health emergency in the next five years, a global survey has shown. The study, by YouGov on behalf…