LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is planning a six-month suspension of import duties on staple food items, drugs, and other essential items as a measure to curb inflation. This was contained in an executive order issued by the president and seen by Nairametrics. The document seen by Nairametrics did not include the signature of…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disowned a former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola. Chairman of the party, Mr. Tajudeen Lawal disclosed this in a communiqué after a stakeholders’ meeting at the state secretariat in Osogbo on Tuesday. According to the chairman, the former minister of interior…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has denied reports the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has been moved to early 2026. The 2025 AFCON finals is scheduled to hold in Morocco. Rumours, however, circulated about a potential postponement of the competition due to scheduling conflicts with the FIFA Club World Cup, set…
By Simon Okeke LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When the previous CEO of FirstBank resigned abruptly, like a janitor who comes to work and quits the same day, without the months-long notice we typically expect from bank leaders, I sensed something was amiss. I wrote, “I just hope it is well with him and his family as…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Brazil striker Endrick knows he will face tough competition to make an impression when he joins European champion Real Madrid for the upcoming season, especially after the signing of Kylian Mbappé on Monday. The teenager said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is unfazed by…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Organised Labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on a fresh industrial action over non-payment of accoutrement allowances owed their members. This was disclosed in a communique issued after its general meeting held in Kaduna State, while informing all its chapters to give a two-week ultimatum to the chief…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has renamed the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) as Professor Wole Soyinka Highway. This was recommended by the Federal Capital Territory administration. President Tinubu noted that Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Literature Prize, adding that the literary icon has…