LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, which will prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters….
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday when $75,000 reportedly went missing. Our Correspondent observed that the canopy under which the sale of forms took place was suddenly dismantled without explanation. African Examiner reports that the party resorted to canopies due to the ongoing renovation/refurbishment…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Gov. Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he has the capacity to fix the political and socioeconomic challenges of Nigeria. Obi made the declaration at a meeting with the PDP stakeholders in Oyo State, on Tuesday at the party Secretariat in Ibadan….
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), an electricity distribution company in Lagos, says customers can get prepaid meters within 24 hours. In a statement, the company said the one-day metering initiative, which commenced on Tuesday at its Shomolu business unit for customers in Ilupeju, Oworo and Igbobi areas of Lagos state, is being done…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has approved implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) 2022-2026 which provides for a slash in import duty of pickup vehicles to 10 per cent without payment of the controversial National Automotive Council (NAC) levy. The circular obtained by Daily Sun…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the rumoured defection of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is yet to abate; leaders of the main opposition party, Tuesday, spoke on the development in a chat with this medium. Jonathan, who was elected President of Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in Nigeria’s Imo state as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air after more than 100 people were killed during a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery. A group of men, some bare chested and without…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s dollar gift to some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Awka, Anambra State, over the weekend has led to an open fight among party members. Wike had visited the state in an apparent move to woo the party delegates ahead of the party’s national convention…
