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Relief  As Nigeria Apex Bank Slashes Customs Exchange Rate By 3%

LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Tuesday, trades had been consummated between N1,486 and N1,300 to the dollar. At the end of yesterday’s trading, a total volume of $245.58 million had been traded on the NAFEM. LEADERSHIP reports that the recent slash came barely 48 hours after the apex regulatory bank slashed the Customs exchange rate from […]

Mali Thrashes Nigeria Super Eagles In International Friendly

LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Eagles of Mali beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria 2-0 on Tuesday night. In the clash with the Eagles, Nigeria suffered the loss courtesy of one goal in each half of the game. Toure gave Mali the lead in the 18th minute and the runners-up in the recently concluded African Cup […]

GOCOP Strengthens Partnership With EU, IPC On Sustaining Democratic Process

LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, has expressed its commitment to enter into partnership with key international and local partners in the ongoing drive to strengthen the country’s democratic process to ensure peaceful and transparency during elections. Treasurer of the Guild, Mrs. Yemisi Izuora, in a goodwill remarks at the Multi-Stakeholders […]

Israeli Woman Recounts Her Abduction And Sexual Assault In Gaza

LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amit Soussana has become the first Israeli woman to speak publicly about enduring what she says was a sexual assault and other forms of violence during her 55 days in captivity following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, according to reporting by The New York Times on Tuesday. Abducted from […]

Chinese Man To Die By Hanging For Killing   Nigerian Girlfriend

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kano State High Court sitting has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, to death by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death. The Chinese, living in Railway Quarters, Kano, was convicted on a one count charge of culpable homicide on Tuesday. Delivering judgment, Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji […]

69 Pellets Of Cocaine Found In Nigerian Stomach  At Bangkok Airport

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man was arrested by customs officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand for smuggling 69 pellets of cocaine inside his stomach.    The passenger landed on a flight from Doha, Qatar on Monday, March 25, 2024, and was arrested by Customs officers working with the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF). […]

Central Bank Of Nigeria Directs Bureau de Change  To Sell Dollar At N1,269

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that it will be allocating $10,000 to each Bureau de Change operator at N1,251/$. This was contained in a circular made available to The PUNCH and signed by the bank’s Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Dr Hassan Mahmud on Monday. The apex bank directed each […]

Edo APC Gov Candidate Okpebhola Salutes Kaduna Govt ON Rescue Of Abducted School Children

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming Edo State gubernatorial election slated for later in the year, Senator Monday Okpebholo, aka Akpakomiza, has congratulated the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, His Excellency, Senator Uba Sanni, and the good people of Kaduna State, on the successful rescue of […]

FG  Invites Sheikh Gumi For Questioning Over Comments On Bandits 

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country.  The Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja, on Monday.   Idris said Gumi was not above […]

How Binance Manager Escaped From Nigeria With ‘Smuggled Passport’-ONSA

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The office of the National Security Advisers, ONSA, has confirmed the escape of the Binance regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarwalla. DAILY POST reports that Anjarwalla, Binance’s Africa regional manager, escaped from custody on March 22, 2024, from an Abuja guest house, where he and his colleague, Tigran Gambaryan, were detained for […]

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