LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, decrying the level of corruption in the country, has stated that he will continue to call on Nigerians to pray for divine intervention in the nation. Obi, who spoke at the Maiden Synod of the New…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US Mission in Nigeria has warned the public of fake websites and messages advertising US Visa lottery. One of such messages spreading on Whatsapp said, “Take the chance of living in the USA and apply for the official US Green Card Lottery. “The Green Card unlocks the door to the United…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Subscribers of MTN, the largest telecom provider in Nigeria, may soon face service disruption in the West African nation, according to a notice seen by some journalists and outlets. A rise in insecurity challenges in Nigeria is likely to disrupt MTN’s service, Reuters and others said, citing an alert from customer service…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The value of the naira to the dollar fell from 196.99 in December 2015 to 410 in April 2021, reflecting a 51.95 per cent decline despite the various foreign exchange policies introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria to strengthen the currency. According to a monthly document obtained from the CBN’s website,…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Victims Support Fund (VSF), an NGO, on Monday lamented the appalling conditions of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Niger State. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Shiroro, Niger State, on Monday, its Executive Director, Prof. Nana Tanko, lamented that “with all the humanitarian agencies, development partners in Nigeria…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If there was ever a time Nigeria could have taken off, it was in 1999. Democracy had been restored, with its economy reopening after decades of mismanagement and plunder under military dictatorships. Tomi Davies, a systems analyst, was one of thousands of Nigerians who came home to help rebuild the country. After…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria loses not less than N100b every year in tax related fraud, experts at a conference organised by the country’s leading anti-corruption group said at the weekend. Speaking at the 25th Anti-corruption Situation Room organised by HEDA Resource Centre held at Sheraton Hotel on Saturday in commemoration of the June 12, 1993…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s government announced on Friday that it was suspending Twitter “indefinitely” after the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Tweet, which violated Twitter’s “abusive behaviour” policy. Since the ban, users have been on the lookout for ways to access the social media platform through the use of a VPN. The volume of online…
