LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to Ethiopia’s Transport Minister, Alemu Sime, the country spent €6 billion alone last year importing gasoline and diesel. Apart from being financially unsustainable, the pollution levels in the cities are out of control. The only way out of the conundrum, according to Minister Sime, is an immediate ban on non-electric vehicles […]
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China, Africa’s largest bilateral lender, waived debt owed by 17 countries in the continent for 23 interest-free loans that were due in 2021. The context of the latest relief reinforces China’s intention for Africa to consider the Asian power its preferred long-term development partner, especially “in the face of the various forms […]
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Egypt sorely missed injured captain Mohamed Salah as they slumped to a shock 2-0 defeat by Ethiopia on Thursday in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying. A strain ruled out the prolific Liverpool scorer after he defied his club last Sunday and played in a victory over Guinea despite not being […]
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US has barred Ethiopia, Guinea, and Mali from accessing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a two-decade old agreement which provides African countries with duty-free access to the US market for more than 1,800 products. The move comes two months after president Joe Biden told Congress that he plans to […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Ethiopian Olympic gold medallist and national hero Haile Gebrselassie pledged on Wednesday to join the fight against rebellious forces in his country, after the prime minister said he had gone to direct the war from the front lines. The 48-year-old retired champion, who set 27 long distance running records, told […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Lagos alongside two other universities in Africa and one in United Kingdom, have been awarded a research grant worth 1.9 million pounds by the United Kingdom Research Institute. The grant, which is for a three-year research project (2021-2023) and funded by the UKRI, under the UKRI-GCRF ARUA Research Excellence […]
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facts have emerged about the circumstances surrounding the arrest and repatriation of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who was produced before an Abuja High Court yesterday, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, and was ordered to be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services […]
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. The bank disclosed […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an attack against the forces of the ruling party of Tigray Region, one of 10 autonomous regions of Ethiopia, raising the probability of a full-blown civil war in Africa’s second largest country by population. Abiy accused Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of attempting to attack a […]
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Cases of community transmission of the new coronavirus are growing in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia, and a new strategy for testing is needed to prevent this, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Community transmission refers to cases where patients had no travel […]
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