LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hilda Dokubo has declared interest in contesting the Asalga/Akulga federal constituency in the house of representatives under the Labour Party (LP). The actress, on Wednesday, put out a banner announcing her intention in a now-viral tweet. “My dear people, I write to apply. Yours obediently,” her tweet, branded with the Labour Party…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) IsahJere Idris has today met with top management staff of the Service, Zonal Coordinators and Comptrollers of Commands/Formationsat the Service Headquarters in Abuja for operational briefing as part of preparatory activities for the forthcoming general elections in 2023. During the meeting, the CGI reiterated government’s commitment…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has said that the Federal Government will in no distant time make a ‘Port Declaration’ of the proposed Ondo Deep Sea Port to herald commencement of other processes at the port. The Minister, who gave this indication when he received the Governor of Ondo…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dollar hit N735 in the parallel market on Wednesday as political campaign activities began in the country. According to Bureau De Change operators in Lagos and Abuja, dollar price had increased from N718 – N720 to N728-N735 in the last one week. A BDC operator at Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos, Bala Usman,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has failed to capitalise on an oil price boom that has helped cushion other exporters from the impact of inflation, with millions more Nigerians now facing poverty. Data from Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC shows that it did not contribute anything to state coffers in the first eight months of 2022,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three members of a rival group belonging to the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, were feared dead while several others sustained injuries during a clash at Iyana-Iba, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday. It was learned that a similar clash happened in the Surulere area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A third-party candidate is the top choice to become the next president of Africa’s most populous country, according to a new opinion poll. A clear majority of respondents said they intend to vote for Peter Obi, a former state governor, in elections scheduled for February. The results of the survey conducted for…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Tuesday visited the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in Ile Ife, Osun State. Obi was received with cheers as he entered the palace with the Ooni. The moment was captured on camera. The former governor of Anambra State has been meeting with…
