LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Thursday, signed the State Anti-open grazing bill 2021 into law, urging the Federal Government to assist interested herdsmen to establish ranches across the country. Assenting to the bill christened “Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Bill” and a second bill, Delta State Urban and Regional Planning Bill 2020, which were…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A French court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on former president Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing for massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign. Sarkozy’s lawyer said he would appeal. The verdict came six months after he was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. The court will allow…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday supported the calls for electronic voting in the country. According to him, the system would not only ensure the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission but also make elections in the country credible. He stressed that he finds it difficult to believe the opposition that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Details have emerged of how Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and later Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili and eight others were slaughtered on Tuesday night at Nkpor, a suburb of the commercial city of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a 14-day paternity leave to make men properly bond with their newborn baby or adopted one. The paternity leave is for men in the federal civil service. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Fuel scarcity in the United Kingdom about six Nigerians have been arrested for hoarding Fuel in Jerry cans and selling at an outrageous prices. According to the UK police spokesma Greg Smith, some of the Nigerians arrested include Kenneth Obiora (M), chukwuma Ahamba (M), Gift Nwankwo (F), Kelechi Amadi (M),…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has asked residents to prepare for a shutdown of telecommunication services. In a chat with some radio stations, the governor said security agents are prepared to launch an offensive on bandits taking refuge in some parts of the state. El-Rufai said the shutdown would not cover…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from retrying former Abia Governor Orji Uzor Kalu. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while delivering judgment in an application filed by the former governor seeking an order of the court prohibiting the EFCC from retrying him on a charge…