LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Last Thursday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Gboyega Oyetola of the APC as the winner of the governorship election in Osun State. Oyetola polled a total of 255,505 votes after the collation of the results of the supplementary election in seven polling units across four local governments, while PDP’s Ademola…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 31ST (NEWRANGERS)-Organised labour, comprising The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Labour Congress (ULC) on Sunday announced the suspension of its warnings strike, just three days after it commenced the industrial action. The suspension according to Labour was sequel to the receipt of of a formal invitation to a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The organised labour may call off Monday the strike action it embarked upon last Thursday, THISDAY learnt last night. A top government official who did not want to be named said this followed talks between Federal Government officials and labour leaders at the weekend. He disclosed that organised labour might announce the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has accused Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a leading governorship aspirant and his media team of misleading the public with reports claiming that he endorsed his candidacy ahead of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who is seeking reelection. Osinbajo attended a meeting of the Lagos State General Advisory Council, GAC, where he had…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki is currently leading former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in an online poll on twitter ahead of the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The poll posted on the twitter handle @PDP_RIVERS called on Nigerians to vote for the candidate whom they want…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The High Court of FCT, Abuja, has ordered an online news platform, Pointblanknews, to pay a total of N200m in damages for a libelous story it published – and refused to retract after it was proved to be false – against former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in 2012. The judgment…