LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has asked MultiChoice to suspend its planned increase in tariff which will take effect from September 1, saying it is hostile to Nigerians who are currently going through harsh economic conditions, Daily Independent reports. The government also said the company did not consult with it before the decision was…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has been unanimously appointed as the new Council Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, thirty years after he left the position. The appointment was announced on Tuesday after meeting by the governing council of the Institute held at its chamber,…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has warned against the sale of state of origin documents to non-indigenes, saying the practice is criminal and those caught will be sanctioned. The state Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, said the government would review the process of issuing the documents to individuals…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate berated the Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), again on Wednesday over the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Federal Government’s Special Public Works programme. Spokesperson for the Senate, Dr Ajibola Basiru, in an interview with The PUNCH, described as false, a claim by…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated Mr. Kaycee Madu on his new appointment as the new Justice Minister and Solicitor General of Alberta, Canada. In a message released by his media office, Obi hailed Madu for what he described as…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, on Wednesday, paraded six persons suspected to be involved in the murder of a 21-year-old University of Benin (UNIBEN) female student, Miss Uwaila Omozua. Uwaila, a 100 level Microbiology student, was killed by some suspected rapists at a church in Benin City where she…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A New Zealand court has sentenced a man who killed 51 people at two mosques to life in prison without parole, the first person in the country’s history to receive this sentence. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 29, admitted to the murder of 51 people, attempted murder of another 40 people and one charge…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As reports of Argentine playmaker, Lionel Messi, exiting Barcelona continue to gain grounds, Manchester United has also joined other clubs seeking the services of the Argentine. Reports suggest that Man United and PSG have already expressed their desires to sign the player. If Messi signs for PSG, he would be uniting with…