By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Any Nigerian with rational and open mind knows that complexity of governance in Nigeria today is rooted in the country’s political system, which by any stretch of imagination and logic, is unsuitable for a heterogenous society like Nigeria with over 250 ethnic groups that are characterized by incompatible…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu met top officials of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to negotiate a “multi-billion dollar infrastructure finance facility” to help build ports and power plants, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. Tinubu held talks with IsDB vice president Mansur Muhtar late on Monday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has linked the financial distress being faced in the country to an alleged bankrupt government inherited by President Bola Tinubu. Ribadu who spoke at the Chief of Defence Intelligence Annual Conference 2023 themed: “Leveraging Defence Diplomacy, and Effective Regional Collaboration for Enhanced National Security”, stated that in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will boost incentives for foreign investors in an attempt to address a decline in capital coming into the country as part of the government’s plans to revive the economy. The administration in Abuja will introduce measures to eliminate double taxation and allow speedy remittances of foreign money, Doris Uzoka-Anite, the minister…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A day after President Bola Tinubu signed into law the N2.17trn supplementary budget, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has accused the Federal Government of being uncaring and insensitive to the suffering Nigerians. Tinubu had on Wednesday assented to the Supplementary Appropriation Act in Abuja to strengthen Nigeria’s security…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Niger Delta militant leader Asari Dokubo expressed his frustration over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments. Dokubo voiced his concerns in response to Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi’s call to remove Nyesom Wike as the minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory. In a viral video, the ex-Niger Delta warlord criticized the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is reviewing and expanding the National Social Register to accommodate pensioners and ex-servicemen under its Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. It is also removing beneficiaries who have excited the poverty line. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the government was also taking out dead beneficiaries from the register and would disqualify those…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has threatened to sue the United Nations (UN) over the allegations bordering on financial mismanagement. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister for Women’s Affairs, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, October 16. The Tinubu’s minister alleged that the United Nations has been receiving monies…