LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria may spend about $1.4bn (N540.4bn, at the official exchange rate of $1: N386) to procure and distribute 218,400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The figure is based on estimates of the World Health Organisation as regards the total amount of funds that Africa would need to pursue a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the police brutality protests in Nigeria in October, bitcoin saved the day when the government shut out protesters from using local payment platforms for collecting donations to support it. The young, tech-savvy protesters quickly switched to using bitcoin, and in about a week bitcoin accounted for around 40% of the nearly…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s land border with Benin Republic at Seme, near Badagry, Lagos State, remained closed, more than 24 hours after the Federal Government announced its reopening on Wednesday. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited Seme on Thursday evening, reports that human and vehicular movement across the border post…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Republic of Benin, a border sharing boundary with Nigeria in the South West of the country were in celebration mood after the announcement of the reopening of closed border by the Federal Government. The largest city of Benin republic is popularly known as Cotonou, Nigerians use to visit the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained that good political process, rather than protests, is more effective in combating the leadership failure currently bedeviling the country, while calling on the youth to get more involved in political and decision making…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, but officials do not yet know which one they will get. Africa’s most populous nation has not been as hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic as others on the continent such as South…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. In a statement on Tuesday, the Bretton Wood institution said the facility is a five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) that will last from 2021 to 2024. “This country partnership framework will guide our engagement for the next five years in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Northern elders have lamented over insecurity in the northern part of the country, saying that the zone is no longer safe for habitation. The elders, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development, disclosed this in a statement by its National Coordinator, Engr Zana Goni and National Women…
