http://ift.tt/2nnzG7O Kemi Adeosun LAGOS DECEMBER 4H (NEWSRANGERS)-The nation’s debt-service-to-revenue ratio has recorded a new decline from about 66 per cent to 45 per cent, courtesy of the improving revenue mobilisation from both domestic and foreign sources. The decline will now see to the deployment of more funds to the areas of development needs, while work…
http://ift.tt/2BJ9rvU LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The nation’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves sustained a 13-month weekly winning streak, adding $455 million in one week despite interventions in the market, shoring it up to $34.82 billion. The development signals an assurance of Nigeria’s ability to honour its international obligations and a boost to foreign investors, who took a…
http://ift.tt/2zOfqOo Dickson LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government on Sunday condemned the killing of a prominent cattle dealer, Alhaji Jibril Abdulkarim, and three of his aides with a call on security agencies to apprehend the perpetrators without delay. He called on the Police, the Department of State Service and other security agencies to apprehend…
http://ift.tt/2iKcFuq LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party to focus more attention on how to recapture political power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming election in 2019. He advised that the leadership of the PDP should not…
http://ift.tt/2BGRhLk Markafi LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi, has said he could still contest the party’s presidential ticket in spite of the defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the party. In an interview in the current edition of The Interview magazine, Mr. Makarfi said, “Atiku…
http://ift.tt/2nqkcQJ Babaginda LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on Sunday urged delegates to learn from the defeat of the party in the 2015 election and abstain from doing what is not acceptable. The statement, signed by his Media Adviser, Prince Kassim Afegbua, said: “In the countdown to the convention; as founding…
http://ift.tt/2ATfIbi Lagos CP, Imohimi Edgal LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State police command has declared war on those hose trading by walkways and hawkers in the State by advising them to quit notice or face the wrath of the law. This followed the order by the Lagos State Acting Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, to…
http://ift.tt/2nq751Y Anunakar Atiku LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, announced Sunday that he had rejoined the country’s main opposition party, the latest sign he aims to run for the presidency in 2019. In a live video broadcast on his Facebook page, Abubakar said he was again joining the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…