LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution review is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to limit the number of ministers appointed by the president to 37. Titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Streamline the Number of Ministers…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has denied being behind the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria. Speaking on Friday at a press briefing on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States, Abebe Selassie, IMF’s African Region Director, described the decision to remove fuel subsidy…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D. has denied report making the rounds that he directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its own refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries. A statement signed by the Minister sighted by NewsRangers denied statements…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s army on Tuesday denied it had asked Algeria to use its airspace for a military operation in Niger after an Algerian state radio report late on Monday said such permission had been refused. Algerian state radio, which usually reflects official thinking, had reported the alleged request adding the North African state…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria’s ambassador to the Republic of Netherlands, Dr Nimota Nihinlola Akanbi, has clarified that the sumptuously stuffed plate of food her police orderly was seen carrying after her food at a buffet in viral video was not hers but the policeman’s. It is, however, unclear if police regulations allow a policeman…