LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Extremist fighters killed eight people including soldiers in multiple attacks in northern Cameroon on Tuesday, a regional official said. Fighters with Boko Haram killed three customs officers, three soldiers and two civilians in separate attacks in the towns of Mora and Zigage on the border with Nigeria, said Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The new President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has officially inherited over N16.29tn uncompleted projects from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, according to findings by The PUNCH. The projects were identified through the national monitoring and evaluation platform, EYEMARK, which was launched by Buhari in December last year. The former President noted that the…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (URHOBTODAY)-Fuel pump price is now between N400 and N500 in Edo and Delta, as long queues on Tuesday morning, resurfaced in the few filling stations opened for business. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sudden hike in fuel pump price and long queues followed President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement removing…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The removal of petrol subsidy will no longer be immediate, Vanguard gathered authoritatively last night. Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had said in his inauguration speech Monday that the subsidy was gone, as it was not provided for in the 2023 budget. But sources told Vanguard yesterday that implementation of the…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following President Bola Tinubu’s policy statement during his inaugural speech on Monday, on the removal of subsidy, most filling stations in Calabar have shut down while those selling have hiked the price from 210 to 750 naira per litre. Vanguard also observed that commuters who cannot afford to pay 300 naira per…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu looks set to appoint trusted lieutenants connected to the political scene in Lagos to key posts, handing power to technocrats and officials credited with revitalizing the country’s economic powerhouse. After assuming office yesterday in the capital, Abuja, attention has turned to who Tinubu, 71, will choose to…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential Election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja today continued the hearing of the constitution brought by Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of February 25th election. It would be recalled that just yesterday, the former Lagos state governor took…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, and member of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Olorogun Bernard Okumagba has congratulated President Bola Tinubu (GCFR) and Vice President Kashim Shettima (GCON) on their momentous inauguration as the 16th President, and Vice President of the…
