LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A petition, calling for the ban of the consumption of dog meat in Nigeria have garnered thousands of signatures online. Titled “Stop Nigeria’s Barbaric Dog Meat Industry,” the petition seeks a ban and shutdown of the dog meat trade industry in Nigeria. As at the time of this report, the petition which was…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says efforts have been intensified by the ministry to recover to over N37 billion debts owed by airlines in the country. The minister made this known at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Sirika…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Government has warned that the rise in conflicts can destabilise Nigeria’s democracy in the run-up to the 2023 elections. This is even as governors on the platform of Nigeria Governors’ Forum have declared that the level of insecurity across parts of the country is not only eroding citizens’ safety and…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police have arrested a 45-year-old man parading himself as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Kano. This was announced in a statement issued on Wednesday by Kano police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. The statement said Mohammed Aliyu went to a hotel in Kano metropolis and requested for accommodation in order to…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State on Thursday called for the immediate suspension of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed, from the party. They equally demanded the removal of Mohammed as a minister from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing a news conference…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning open grazing, and also prescribing a three-year jail term for violators. The lawmakers passed the Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Bill 2020 into law. They said this law would address incessant clashes between herders and famers. Title of the…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, has lambasted members of the House of Assembly for considering a bill to jail protesters in Nigeria. A bill was presented to the House of Representatives for consideration during the week and seeks to jail what they termed unlawful protesters in Nigeria. The bill, sponsored by Rep….
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian justice minister Abubakar Malami has been fingered using his official privilege to secure federal jobs at the National Industrial Court for his northern protégés. Mohammed Lameer Sani Gado, Shuaibu Ahmed, and Abdulhadi Usman Bayaro were the beneficiaries of Mr Malami’s high-profile connection. Making what appeared as nepotistic appointments public, an overly…
