LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ruslan Obiang Nsue, one of the sons of Equatorial Guinea’s President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has been arrested on suspicion of selling a plane owned by the national airline. Ruslan Obiang was arrested on Tuesday and placed under house arrest as authorities opened an inquiry into the sale of the plane after…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Fuel scarcity in the United Kingdom about six Nigerians have been arrested for hoarding Fuel in Jerry cans and selling at an outrageous prices. According to the UK police spokesma Greg Smith, some of the Nigerians arrested include Kenneth Obiora (M), chukwuma Ahamba (M), Gift Nwankwo (F), Kelechi Amadi (M),…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s “wet markets” have reopened – selling bats, pangolins and dogs for human consumption. The move is dangerous as scientists believe that the Covid-19 causing coronavirus first lurked in a bat in China and hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans. Various reports suggest that a 55-year-old man from…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, in Kano and Jigawa states, is set to shutdown supermarkets and shops found patronising foreign rice and other prohibited items. The agency, in a letter with reference number NCS/KAN/053/S.28 dated 17th February 2020 wrote to all supermarkets and shops in Kano and Jigawa states, directing them to stop…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWRANGERS)-Nigeria is considering selling naira-denominated bonds abroad next year to fund infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said. Africa’s biggest oil producer faces a significant increase in financing needs as it struggles to boost revenue required to fund increased spending on infrastructure. Almost 60% of Nigerians don’t pay tax and the state…