LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank allowed the naira to slump to a record low as officials look set to phase out currency controls that have distorted Africa’s biggest economy for years. The naira slid 29% to 664 per dollar at the close in Lagos, according to FMDQ, a local exchange operator. The Central Bank…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected kidnapper who was part of a syndicate that abducted a 23-year-old student of the Bauchi State University, slumped and died while trying to escape arrest at a military checkpoint. The deceased and two others who kidnapped the student were said to have also snatched a Toyota Camry 2010 model which…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student of Petroleum and Gas Engineering at the Federal University, Otuoke (FUO) in Bayelsa State, has reportedly died from drug overdose. The 19-year-old deceased student, simply identified as Job Alawari Kei, allegedly took a drug known as Colorado (Colos). According to some students on campus, the drug known as Colos…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (DOPRI), Air Commodore Wapkerem Maigida, has been confirmed dead in Abuja. Air Commodore Maigida who was recently posted to the Directorate Civil/Military Affairs, was said to have slumped and passed on Sunday evening. Maigida the 18th DOPRI took over from…