LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move to cut cost of governance at the centre, President Bola Tinubu has directed that all official entourage to state and international events be drastically slashed by 60 percent. He has also directed that for every local trip of government, security details will henceforth be drafted from the host state….
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-LABOUR Party, LP, presidential candidate during the February 25, 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, has kicked against what he described as Federal Government’s disturbing pattern of huge borrowing and profligate spending on non-essential procurements, warning that such pattern would soon wreck the economy. .The former Anambra State governor also condemned Federal Government’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A US-based media company, Bloomberg L.P., has predicted a continued decline of the Nigerian naira in 2024, potentially making it the worst-performing currency globally for the second year in a row. Bloomberg’s market analysis reveals a staggering 55% depreciation of the naira this year, reaching about 1,043 to the dollar as of…
By Bola Bolawole LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-While he was visiting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he would give the president one year of grace before rating his performance in office. As would be expected, Tinubu and or Soyinka haters have read negative meanings into that. Soyinka, some have…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria secured total loans of $2.7 billion from the World Bank under the administration of President Bola Tinubu amid concerns over the country’s rising external debt servicing costs. The four approved loans are for power ($750 million), women empowerment ($500 million), girl’s education ($700 million), and renewable energy ($750 million), according to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Soldiers have criticised President Bola Tinubu’s government for failing to pay their December salaries, which they say will dampen the celebration of Christmas and New Year festivals. The soldiers accused President Tinubu and the military chiefs of being insensitive to their plight. They added that the government has turned them into…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A department in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Programmes, the “Rural Vocational Skill Acquisition Programme (RVSAP), has commenced advocacy and sensitization to inform Nigerians about the renewed hope of President Tinubu’s led Government to Hausa Communities in Cross Rivers State National Programme Manager, ‘South’ Mr. Portrait Peterson, made this…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Monday lambasted Siminalayi Fubara when the Rivers governor and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, had a peace meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at least two sources who were present at the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES, Tuesday evening. Mr Tinubu chaired the meeting which was attended by Vice President…
