LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on micro-bloging site, Twitter now believe the coast is clear for the United States to endorse former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, as Director General of the World Trade Organisation after she was conferred winner of the 2020 International Service Award of the World Affairs Councils of America. Iweala, who…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has set a third straight daily record for new Covid-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reported Friday. And the death toll as of 8:30 pm (0130 GMT) over the past 24 hours was 1,149, the Baltimore-based university said. The outbreak has been surging for weeks…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the government of President Donald Trump for opposing former Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Lots of Nigerians expressed joy when it was announced that Dr Okonjo Iweala will…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has explained why it is against the election of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a statement issued by the office of the US trade representative on Wednesday, the world power said the WTO is in dire need of reform and must…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Government has shut its embassy in Lagos for two days over rising violence rocking the city. The U.S. embassy disclosed this via its official Twitter handle @USinNigeria on Tuesday evening. “Multiple demonstrations are ongoing across Nigeria – to include areas within the consular districts of Abuja and Lagos. “Although…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brigadier-General Ignatius Enyeribe Nwogu has lost his son, Alexander Nwogu to the cold hands of death in America. Alexander Nwogu, aged 23 was gruesomely shot to death at a Northwest gas station on Monday in Washington, D.C by two mad masked men. According to Washington Police, Alex had just graduated in May…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis has reportedly refused to meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his visit to Rome over a dispute between the Vatican and China. Mr Pompeo plans to visit the Vatican this week to protest the imminent renewal of a two-year-old deal between the Catholic church and China, which the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), has commenced an investigation of Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigations(FBI) for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud. Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, and Nnamdi Orson Benson, had been…