LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a letter to the World Bank President, David Malpass, urging him to demand that the Nigerian government account for the spending of $114.28million grant for COVID-19. Malpass was also asked to put pressure on governors to accept voluntary scrutiny by Nigerians and civil…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s President Idriss Deby said Saturday that Boko Haram jihadists would continue to wreak havoc in the Lake Chad region despite a huge military offensive against the group earlier this year. Lake Chad — a marshy region dotted with islands near the border of Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon — has been battered…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has, in 16 cycles’ disbursement, spent N9.074billion on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and another N5.178billion on School Feeding Programme from inception in 2017 till date in Jigawa. Bala Chamo, the state Coordinator, Social Investments Programme (SIP), who made this known at a news conference in Dutse on Saturday said…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed 21 villagers in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said Friday, in the latest deadly violence between ethnic Fulani herders and local farmers over grazing and water rights. Community leaders however said a higher total of 33 people were killed in the assaults on the remote five villages which took…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers clad in pink, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in black leggings, a white turtleneck and poise beyond his years. His parents in Lagos, Nigeria’s teeming lagoon city, wanted him to become a priest. Instead, he has captivated millions with his ballet. “When I am…
By Michael Owhoko LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Praying for Nigeria’s redemption from its current woes is like asking God to prevent a building with defective foundation located in the Lekki area of Lagos from collapse. Even intercessions by bestof prayer warriors cannot save such a building. As long as Nigeria continue with its current inapt political…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation has again given reasons he asked the National Assembly not to probe the Chinese loans. The clause in the agreement signed by the Federal Ministry of Finance on behalf of Nigeria and Chinese Bank on September 5, 2018 has generated a lot of controversies in the country in…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Property developer Tayo Amusan is believed to be in the frontlines to buy the majority share of Africa’s largest food retailer Shoprite in its Nigerian subsidiary. Mr Amusan owns Persianas Nigeria Limited, a property development company, with some of his property housing Shoprite stores. The Nigerian is believed to be among three…
