LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5m dollars to the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian, Disaster Management, and Social Development, towards the evacuation of over 5,000 (registered and unregistered) Nigerians stranded in Ukraine. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada. The minister told…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists said, despite regional sanctions imposed on the country over delayed elections. The army-dominated legislature also decided that the country’s interim president cannot stand for a future democratic election, as part of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Briefing Journalists after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi explained that the N2.8bilion contract would facilitate sitting of some of the Deep Blue Projects in the coastal towns. Amaechi said: “Another one that was approved is the licensing of Oracle E Business Suite in the sum of N955.5…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. The Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi revealed this in a statement on Wednesday. The NITDA DG, noted that the approval was given following a memo…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a 20 per cent increase in salaries for officers in the Nigeria Police Force. This was disclosed by Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, on Wednesday after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari. Dingyadi stated that the salary…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria. Also, the Nigeria Certificate in Education students will get N50,000 as stipend per semester as part of the deliberate effort of the government to attract the best…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a 14-day paternity leave to make men properly bond with their newborn baby or adopted one. The paternity leave is for men in the federal civil service. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Emmanuel Lyambee Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council. The appointment is for a renewable four-year tenure. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu made the announcement in a statement Thursday night. Jime, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, is expected to use…