LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nationwide fuel scarcity is eminent as oil marketers issued a seven-day ultimatum, demanding that the Federal Government settle the outstanding debts totalling N800 billion, failing which depots would cease operation across the country. If depots ceased to operate, the consequences will lead to scarcity of petroleum products. The marketers, comprising Major Oil…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- ‘‘It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.’’ Those were the words of President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday in Krakow, Poland, at an interactive session with the Nigerian Community in the country. Responding to a question from a Nigerian in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday described as illegal the circular issued by the Federal Government threatening to begin to execute a no-work-no-pay policy against the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Falana asked the Federal Government to immediately withdraw the “illegal circular” which he said…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NESRANGERS) – British radio presenter Gavin Ford was laid to rest Sunday near Beirut in a ceremony that brought together dozens of fans, friends and family members days after his murder. Ford’s lifeless body was discovered Tuesday at his home in Beit Meri, a mountain town east of the capital where his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension is rising among the top hierarchy of the Nigerian military as fears continue to spread of an imminent rebellion among the rank and file, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondents, who spoke to four senior officers, including a Major General, learnt that many of the soldiers, especially those at the warfront,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, who fail to withdraw their court cases instituted against the national leadership of the party over the outcome of the party’s primaries, may be expelled. The National Working Committee of the party may have thus ignored President Muhammadu Buhari’s stand on the festering crisis….
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chancellor to enforce “No Work no pay” policy In a reaction to the memo, the Chairman of University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, Deji Omole, described the federal government as shameless for owing lecturers seven years of unpaid, earned academic allowances. He said despite the debt, the government still wants lecturers to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress National Stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late Dr. Fredrick Fasehun who died in the early hours of Saturday as a renowned pro-democracy and good governance activist, committed democrat, tested political player and Yoruba nationalist who left behind fine legacies. He charged the Fasehun family and other associates…