LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Organised Labour in the Maritime industry has issued a 14-day strike notice to the Federal Government over the refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, to obey Marine Notice 106 and extant Stevedoring regulations, among other grievances. Under the aegis of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, other grievances of organised…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a historic precedent, Labour Party has won six senatorial seats and 34 in the House of Representatives in the just concluded federal legislative elections, making it the third most popular party in the 10th National Assembly. This was revealed at a meeting the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indication at the weekend was that there is yet no respite in sight for the ordinary Nigerians and operators of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) whom their daily livelihood has been rubbished and standard of living lowered because of the extreme cash squeeze in the Nigerian economy caused by the Central Bank…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party said it had engaged the services of at least 20 senior advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on behalf of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. According to sources within the party, the lawyers drawn from different chambers were being furnished with materials…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of the socio-cultural group, Afrnifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release the actual voting results of Lagos State in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly election. Pa Adebanjo who spoke on Arise TV alleged that the presidential candidate of the Labour…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Dan Amar of Dutse and district head of Basirka (Hakimi Basirka) in Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammed Suleiman, died alongside his two children in an accident on Basirka Gwaram road, while on their way to Gwaram on Thursday. His wife and two of his children survived the accident, according to the Sarkin…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The son of King Sunny Ade, the ace Juju music maestro, George Folarin Adegeye, has been declared the winner of the Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency seat in Lagos as the candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The politician’s mother was Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, the late wife of Sunny Ade, who was also a…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday finally admitted that the implementation of its painstaking plans for last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election came with some unforeseen challenges. Its chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the confession in his remarks at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) held in Abuja on…