LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Nigerians demonstrated against the soaring cost of living in the south of the country on Monday after huge protests in the north earlier this month. Nigeria is suffering an economic crisis and soaring prices have left many people struggling to afford food. Demonstrators in the southwestern city Ibadan were furious…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Federal Government to completely phase out electricity subsidy in the country as a result of the hardship Nigerians are facing since the removal of fuel subsidy in May 2023. The Bretton Woods Institution made this recommendation as the mechanism for Nigeria to restore macroeconomic…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Resolving national economic challenges is a condition for strengthening democratic culture and enhancing productive participation of the citizenry, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared. Speaking at the 2023 Democracy Day Lecture organised by Coalition of Civil Society Coalition in the State, the state Governor, represented by the Secretary to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the world celebrates International Democracy Day, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has identified corruption, insecurity of lives and property, and economic hardship as the greatest threats to Nigeria’s democracy. Obi, in a message to mark the 2020 International…