LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said it has commenced the 50 percent slash in the price of interstate transport fares for Nigerians travelling during this Yuletide. Recall that President Tinubu on Wednesday, December 20, approved a 50% rebate for inter-state travels and 100% for train travels for Nigerians wishing…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is tinkering with the idea of subsidizing airfares to reduce the high costs of tickets. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo was said to have held a meeting last week Friday with airline operators through their umbrella body, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) with a…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Taraba State Agbu Kefas has slashed the student fees of the state university by 50 percent to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Kefas gave the directive when he paid an unscheduled visit to the state university to assess the state of the institution. According to the governor, it became…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The present scarcity of new naira notes in the country has crashed prices of chickens at Nsukka by over fifty percent. A survey conducted by The Whistler at Ikpa market of the university community on Monday shows that the dealers are having ‘bad market’ as they are forced to sell at highly…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State House of Assembly has cut the pension of former governors of the state by 50 per cent. The decision was taken after the adoption of a report by the House committee on establishment which gave the recommendation, according to a statement on Thursday by the chief press secretary to the…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed its plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) up to 50 percent. This is even as the upper chamber of the National Assembly approved N30, 000 as new minimum wage. The planned upward review of the Value Added Tax up to 50 percent was disclosed…