LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia reduced its budget plan for 2021 by 7 percent from this year’s in response to the economic fallout of the pandemic, which pushed oil prices to multi-year lows. Reuters reported that Riyadh will spend some $264 billion next year, or 990 billion riyals, as it battles a substantial deficit resulting […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Lionel Messi to PSG seems like it is in the works, as Barcelona appear to be resigned to losing their star man when his contract runs out next summer. There is still hope that Messi, 33, will remain at Barcelona and sign a new contract but after he demanded to leave last […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, but officials do not yet know which one they will get. Africa’s most populous nation has not been as hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic as others on the continent such as South […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police used pepper balls and a dog on Udofia, responding to calls that a man was acting erratically. Police in Phoenix, Arizona have released body-camera video showing former NFL player Ekom Udofia being shot to death by officers at least 10 times. The shooting occurred on Nov. 30, and the bodycam footage […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Head of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari and his team have stormed Katsina State, on the heels of the abduction of over 300 students in a school at Kankara. PRNigeria reports that the arrival of the IRT squad may not be unconnected with the recent […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the reopening of four land borders with immediate effect, while others will be reopened subsequently. The Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning Mrs Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed after the week’s virtual FEC meeting, also said restriction on the importation of some commodities, like rice and […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified the conviction and seven-year jail term imposed on a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party Olisa Metuh. A three-man panel led by Justice Stephen Adah delivered a unanimous judgment on Wednesday. The court ruled that the proceedings of the Federal High Court leading […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers to 10 weeks. The House, at the plenary on Wednesday, described the two weeks given to SIM card users by the Nigerian Communications Commission to provide their NIN […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia sought to deploy a ten-man security team with diplomatic immunity to Norway in an attempt to target a critic of Mohammad bin Salman, the Kingdom’s Crown Prince, according to Norwegian media reports. Dagbladet, one of Norway’s largest newspapers, reported that Saudi Arabia requested in the summer of 2018 that all […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has further clarified that there is no medical evidence to show that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, is Covid-19 positive. This is contained in a statement made available to TheNigeriaLawyer signed by the Supreme Court Director of Press and Information, Dr. Akande Festus He […]
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