http://ift.tt/2z7nhds LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly, especially the lower chamber, may become feasible before the end of the year. Dogara, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a stakeholders’ dialogue organised by the Civil…
http://ift.tt/2yREsyO Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months after he returned from his medical sojourn in London, United Kingdom (UK) for an undisclosed ailment, President Muhammadu Buhari still operates from his official residence located in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The president had, two days after returning from the medical vacation which spanned 103 days, written to…
http://ift.tt/2y7yWnt Dr Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Goodluck Jonathan, immediate past Nigerian President, on Wednesday, failed to appear before an Abuja Federal High Court as defence witness in the ongoing trial of former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh. The Justice Okon Abang-led court had ordered the former President to…
http://ift.tt/2i5wXtS Davido and Mayowa Ogunbanjo LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mayowa Ogunbayo, another friend of Nigeria’s hip hop artist, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has been stabbed to death in the United Kingdom. This brings to four the number of Davido’s friends who have died in October. First was Umueke Tagbo, believed to have died from…
http://ift.tt/2iBNfyR LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A white Mercedes Benz G-Wagon belonging to Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, was on Tuesday completely burnt down on the Oshodi-Oworonshoki expressway in Lagos. Confirming the incident, Fayose’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka said the SUV caught fire on the motion but the Governor was not in the vehicle. “No casualty recorded….
http://ift.tt/2leThGd Trump LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the Trump administration looks to curtail the ability of foreigners to live and work in the United States, many of the changes are happening through executive orders and policy memos, not legislation. The latest shift affects holders of the H-1B visa favored by tech companies, as well as other…
http://ift.tt/2xkEbAw DMO Director Patience Oniha LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government in pursuit of its objective of financial inclusion by attracting retail investors into the Bond Market, has generated a total of N6.69 billion through the monthly issuance of the Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bond (FGNSB) since in March this year. The amount raised…
http://ift.tt/2gAWZZg LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Revd. David Ayeola, the chaplain to the Bishop of the African Church, Ondo Central Diocese, has been killed by his abductors, in a botched rescue operation after the church declined to pay the N100m ransom demanded. The Church had offered N500,000, which the kidnappers declined. Ayeola, the bishop, Samuel Ojo; and…
