LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina forward Angel Di Maria received a threat at his family home on the outskirts of Rosario, domestic media said, amid an intense wave of drug-related violence in the central city from which Lionel Messi also hails. Monday’s message, following a similar threat last year to Argentine captain Messi, came a week…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s rising energy cost and prices of spare parts are threatening haulage business, with operators incurring more losses and struggling to break even. The removal of petrol subsidies and naira devaluation have caused a further surge in prices of vehicle spare parts and diesel, thereby worsening truckers’ woes. BusinessDay findings show…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Truck drivers in the country have threatened to embark on strike following attacks on their vehicles by hoodlums. Several trucks and warehouses have recently come under attack from hoodlums as the food inflation and the cost of living crisis in the country spiraled. Worried by the unsavory development, the organised private…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to declare a nationwide strike if there is further hike in the pump price of petrol from the existing N617 naira. It vowed to proceed on total, comprehensive and indefinite nationwide shutdown of the country. This was made known by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero,…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials told The Associated Press. They spoke to the AP shortly before the West African bloc ECOWAS said it had directed the deployment of…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-NIGERIA’s health sector may be heading for another round of crisis as the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has vowed to ensure a House of Representatives bill seeking to deny doctors full licence until they have worked in Nigeria for five years after graduation does not sail through. On Thursday, April 6, the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in the country’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country. It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not…