LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Mr. Ferdinand Agu, former Director General of the defunct National Maritime Authority (NMA), now known as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has died. Agu, who attended a traditional wedding in Abuja yesterday and was there until about 9 pm, died this morning after suffering a heart attack. A source…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organised labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. This comes after the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, submitted the cost implication of minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. A source confirmed this to our…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal on Friday fined Multichoice Nigeria the sum of N150 million for disregarding its order restraining the pay TV company from increasing its monthly subscription pending the determination of the suit brought before it. Multichoice is the parent company of DStv and GOtv. The tribunal also ordered…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two construction workers were on Thursday reported dead after attempting to pick a fetcher that fell into a well at a site in Ile-Ife. It was gathered the incident occurred along Ife-Ilesa road opposite Ilesa motor park in the afternoon. An eye witness, Usman Olawale disclosed that the two were at the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old housewife, Mrs Maimuna Aliyu, slipped and died while fetching rain water inside at Bako village in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday, June 6. DailyTrust reports that a neighbour who simply identified himself as Usman said the incident happened about 8:12 am. Usman said…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Thursday denied reports that the Federal Government was proposing N105,000 as the new minimum wage. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the report as false. The report followed the presentation of the cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has awarded ₦10 million to the best-graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU), Olaniyi Olawale. Olawale, who finished from the Accounting department, graduated with a CGPA of 4.98. Sanwo-olu made the announcement at the 27th Convocation of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. The event featured the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that he remains a committed and loyal member of the party. Obi said he was confronted by a journalist at Abuja airport wanting to know if his statement on the ‘Obidient Movement’ on Wednesday was a signal…