LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sacked Area pastor of Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel) in Palm Street Extension, Atakpa, Calabar South local government area of Cross River State, Dominion Esang Winner, has dragged the church to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC), Calabar Judicial Division, for unlawful dismissal from the ministry. Esang, a graduate…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Friday ordered public university lecturers to end their strike for better working conditions in the next seven days before it will hear their appeal against a ruling by a lower court. The lecturers, who have been striking since February, last month appealed a lower court ruling ordering…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine ruptured decades of nearly uninterrupted peace in Europe, and to the Belarusian president, his authoritarian ally. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2022 prize to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite tight security, a mobile phone belonging to former Nigerian Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, has been stolen by a thief in Abuja. According to Senator Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, someone breached the tight security line and stole Sambo’s phone at the ongoing late Governor Solomon Lar’s book launch in Abuja. “It’s…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would pay special attention to the observance of limits on parties and candidates’ finances in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this Thursday at the 2022 Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) 6th Annual Conference in Lagos….
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential Candidate of Labour Party for the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, is winning an opinion survey by the Kano-based independent newspaper, Arewa Trust, with a very wide margin. The introduction of the poll being monitored by News Express says: “Arewa Trust Newspaper is conducting opinion poll among the BIG FOUR PRESIDENTIAL…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the report of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP,) the Senate has approved the removal of Government-Owned Enterprises (GOEs) from the 2023 national budget. The affected agencies are; Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)…
Dan Onwukwe LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-By the time the history of 2023 general elections is written, historians will record it that Mr. Peter Obi’s entry into the Presidential race on the platform of Labour Party was like a knight on a white horse. The excitement it has generated among Nigerians, especially the youths is unprecedented….