LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Almost 1,500 migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday, the highest number in a single day since 2020, the EFE news agency reported on Sunday, citing the maritime rescue service. A total of 1,488 people in 14 boats were rescued by the Spanish coastguard, EFE reported, continuing a surge of arrivals…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian economy may have declined by over 2billion Naira in just one day of Twitter ban. This is if the statistics of Netblocks.org, a mapping internet freedom platform is anything to rely upon. The platform automatically aggregates cost of shutdown tools and estimates the economic impacts of an internet disruption, mobile…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, showed that his…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, on Tuesday, announced 31 deaths from COVID-19 as the caseload shot up to 17,148. The death toll was the highest number ever announced, since the reckoning began in late February. Twenty-five of the deaths occurred in Lagos, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. It said the figure covered the…
