LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“The day I gave birth to him, people celebrated and adorned themselves in powder, but I never imagined he would grow up to bring shame upon our family. “I sold bread alongside his father, who drives a taxi, to send him to secondary school. We even enrolled him in a program to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-After roughly 65 years of operations in Nigeria, Swiss cement and other building materials’ maker, Holcim, on Sunday announced that it was set to leave the country. The company said in a brief statement that it will exit its Nigerian business through the sale of its almost 84 per cent stake in…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Spanish church in Mexico is allegedly selling plots of land in heaven after the local pastor claimed that he spoke to God and was granted permission to sell pearly gate property for $100 (R1,800) per square metre. Images of the holy deal circulated on social media, with a brochure showing a…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tiny generators known to power the homes of the least wealthy households and shops of the smallest businesses in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, have gone out of reach for many amid a rapid price surge. “I better pass my neighbour,” the phrase used to describe the generators, now make their owners not…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly known as diesel, is currently sold at N545 in some fuel stations across Lagos. This is an increase of over 113% from the N225 which the commodity was for sold in January 2021. This was confirmed from findings made by Nairametrics on Saturday across fuel…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Yola magistrates’ court yesterday, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, remanded a man in a Correctional Centre for allegedly selling six of his neighbours’ children. The accused, Yohanna Saidolo, is said to have allegedly sold his neighbours’ six children after taking them away from home on the pretence of enrolling them in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Muslim man demanding to name a three-month-old child he fathered with a Christian lady, Justina Yakubu, according to Islamic rite, has reportedly filed a complaint to the police after he discovered the child had gone missing. Suleiman Ibrahim said he fell in love with Justina Yakubu, a Christian lady, who promised…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A resident of Borno state has said that Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari who is being investigated for the extent of his connection with suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, sells cars he seizes from kidnappers and armed robbers in Maiduguri, the state capital. The resident in a private…