LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank on Tuesday hiked its main lending rate by 150 basis points to 15.50%, its highest level yet and more than forecast, forging ahead with efforts to rein in inflation and ease pressure on the currency. A Reuters poll of economists had predicted a much smaller 50 basis point hike….
Peter LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the 2023 presidential election garners momentum, a new opinion poll released yesterday has put the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, ahead of other contestants, garnering 51 per cent of registered voters’ support. The poll was conducted on registered voters by the We2Geda Foundation to deepen the conversation…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The momentum has continued to rise for the sixth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) as more corporate partners have lent their support for the event scheduled for Thursday, October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos. The chairman, 2022 Conference Committee, Mr. Ken Ugbechie revealed on Monday that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has justified Afenifere’s support for the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi for the 2023 general elections. The Afenifere leader also stated reasons why the group will not support the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honorable Minister of Transportation Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo says Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organization, IMO, to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry. This is just as Nigeria joins the IMO to commemorate the 2022 World Maritime Day. Sambo…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Ms Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, has disclosed that 500,000 Nigerians are awaiting repatriation in three countries. Suleiman-Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York at the 77th session of UN General Assembly that the refugees would be repatriated from Niger, Chad…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Indigenous People Within Nigeria on Friday came out in their thousands to protest the proposed water resources Bill which seeks to establish a regulatory framework for trans boundary water resources in Nigeria and to provide for the equitable and sustainable development, management, use and conservation of Nigeria’s…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of the ongoing reform efforts to deepen staff skills and competences as well as improve on career prospects, the Service in conjunction with the International Centre for Migration Policy and Development (ICMPD) shall kick off a Four-Day Technical Working Committee meeting at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel on 26th-29th September, 2022….
