LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that Nigeria cannot achieve its economic potentials unless there is very clearly defined, well formulated and articulated fiscal and monetary policies to support entrepreneurship and the private sector for economic turnaround. Obi, who…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There were indications on Wednesday that Nigerians may now have partial access to Twitter. Checks by our correspondents showed that as of Wednesday night, access to the microblogging site had been restored through computer systems. However, trials via the mobile phone were not successful. The Federal Government had on June 4 announced…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Katsina State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 12 suspects, including three repentant bandits, for various offences including robbery, cattle rustling and kidnapping. The three repentant bandits are Abdullahi Mai-Rafi, 43; Abbas Haruna, 34; and Usman Hassan, 50. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, told journalists at the police headquarters, Katsina, that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)– Close to 6,000 fighters from the Boko Haram Islamist insurgent group in northeast Nigeria have surrendered in recent weeks, the Nigerian armed forces said on Thursday, attributing the development to the military’s counter-insurgency efforts. Some 350,000 people have died in the conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian army since it…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Amidst the fintech boom in Nigeria and increasingly tight regulations on the industry, African technology giant, SystemSpecs, has called for a balance between innovation and regulation to ensure a healthy financial technology ecosystem that will benefit all stakeholders. According to Ezinne Obikile, the Executive Director in charge of the payment business at…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman, were sacked in a bid to reinvigorate his cabinet and consolidate legacy achievements. Buhari also hinted that the contributions of the ministers could be considered “weak”. “These significant review steps…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Adamawa have confirmed the killing of a kidnapper by vigilantes, while trying to collect ransom from the family of an abductee. Police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development said the incident occurred on 26 August in Song Local Government Area of the state. ” The State command…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, announced this at a briefing in the Presidential Villa on Wednesday. He said the duo have been replaced with the Ministers of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar, and Minister of State, Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu. Here are some comments gathered by NEWS DIRECT @Angel wrote: “They moving to…