LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has asked the Presidential Amnesty Committee to pay former Niger Delta militants on Federal Government scholarships their allowances. While expressing their displeasure with non-payment of the ex-militants, the lawmakers called on the presidential committee to clear the alleged 12-month arrears without further delay. The resolution followed the unanimous…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, is to deliver judgment on the complaints lodged against the outcome of the September 2018 election in the state by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the poll, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The three-man panel had on March 7, 2019, reserved…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Ogun state have arrested a man, Ajibade Olumuyiwa(25), for hacking one Olakitan Balogun, a cobbler to death over suspicion that he was having illicit affairs with his wife. The suspect had returned home late last March 16, met the secret lover in the house with his wife, and in a…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST NEWSRANGERS)-The free train service from Iju in Lagos to Abeokuta which was declared by the Federal Government on February 11 after the section was test-run only operated for two weeks before it was suspended. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) suspended the service amidst disappointment by passengers. However it was learnt that the…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday went into a rowdy session following a motion moved by Sen. Dino Melaye and co-sponsored by seven other lawmakers on alleged militarisation of the 2019 elections. The upper chamber became raucous when the Minority Leader, Sen. Biodun Olujinmi, stood up to calm nerves that became frayed following the…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram fighters on Monday invaded a first generation bank in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, destroying property and carting away cash. An eyewitness said the insurgents came through the mountains to attack the town, causing pandemonium as people ran in different directions to escape being shot. A resident, Emmanuel…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed its plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) up to 50 percent. This is even as the upper chamber of the National Assembly approved N30, 000 as new minimum wage. The planned upward review of the Value Added Tax up to 50 percent was disclosed…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday, March 19, observed a minute silence in honour of Nigerian-born Prof. Pius Adesanmi and Amb. Abiodun Bashua, who both died in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airline plane that crashed two weeks ago. Prof. Adesamni and Amb. Bashua, as well as other passengers, died on March 10 when the Boeing…