LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi has mourned the death of his father, Sunday Ndidi, describing their last phone call as a painful farewell he did not fully realise at the time. The retired military officer died on Tuesday in a road accident in Umunede, Delta State. Reacting to the loss, Ndidi poured…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-United States President, Donald Trump, has recalled the country’s ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, and 29 other career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy postings in a bid to reshape Washington’s diplomatic posture in line with Trump’s “America First” priorities. The ambassadorial recalls, first reported by Politico, and the latest major…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Toyota is recalling 280,000 of its pickup truck and SUV models over a safety issue where the transmission may not disengage entirely when in neutral, causing the vehicles to “creep forward.” “Certain parts of the transmission may not immediately disengage when the vehicle is shifted to the neutral position,” the Japanese automaker…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has recalled all ambassadors, both career and non-career. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, stated this through his media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir, on Saturday. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in July 2020 appointed 41 non-career ambassadors and 42 career ambassadors to man the nation’s foreign diplomatic missions. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Japanese automaker Toyota will begin recalling 679 imported Lexus cars from Nov. 16, due to defective pneumatic rods, according to China’s market regulator. Filed by Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., the recall will involve Lexus CT200h models manufactured between Jan. 30 and March 12, 2019, the State Administration of Market Regulation said…