LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. The bank disclosed…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s decision to suspend Twitter indefinitely could backfire for the government and cost the country economically in terms of new investments into its technology sector. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on June 4. The official press release gave only a vague justification, citing threats to “Nigeria’s corporate existence.” While only a minority…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has suspended indefinitely the operations of the micro blogging and social networking service twitter in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The minister cited the persistent use of the platform for activities capable of undermining…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian officials say gunmen have kidnapped many students from an Islamic school in Nigeria – the latest in a series of such attacks on schools. Authorities in Niger state confirmed to the BBC that gunmen had seized an unknown number of students from the school in the town of Tegina on Sunday….
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Tensions ran high on Sunday in southeastern Nigeria as the former separatist region commemorated the more than one million people who died in the Biafra war and famine of the late 1960s. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the leading separatist group, is remembering war victims over two days, with a candlelit…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has said that division of Nigeria can be achieved without going to war or killing one another. The activist and leader of Movement of The People (MOP) noted instead of choosing destruction to achieve Yoruba Nation or Biafra, the people should negotiate to achieve a common goal. He…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) said it has been mandated by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to lead investigation into the crash of a military aircraft that occurred on Friday at Kaduna International Airport. The crash had onboard 11 people including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru….
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There is growing concern over the rate of plane crashes involving military aircraft in recent times. In the last five months, three Nigerian Air Force aircraft have crashed killing 21 military officers including the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. This has raised deep concerns over the state of military aircraft…
