LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled the start of a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning local time, announcing that Russian troops would enter Ukraine’s Donbas region. The territory is held by Russian-backed separatists, and Putin declared it independent of Ukraine earlier this week. “I have decided to conduct a special military…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt coach Carlos Queiroz hit out at Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o for sending a “very bad message” after likening Thursday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between the sides to a “war”. Eto’o, who is now president of Cameroon’s Football Federation, made the comment to his team in a video widely published on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller General, Nigerian Customs Service, CGC,(Col) Hameed Ali (retd), last week inaugurated 18 gun boats and scanners in Rivers State. The 18 gun boats, our Correspondent reports, would be used by the Eastern Marine Command, EMC, of the service to reduce to the barest minimum if not eradicate the menace of smuggling…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the organised private sector (OPS) have advised the federal government to make deliberate efforts to remove impediments to the conduct of business in the country in 2022, especially with respect to clearing of goods at the ports, stressing that its war clearing goods at the country’s seaports. Also, following President…