LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In furtherance of his desire to ease the burden of the fuel subsidy removal on students of higher institutions of learning, President Bola Tinubu has approved provision of buses to the students’ bodies of all universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. The desire of the President is to see…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of civil society organisations, on Monday, stormed the streets of Osogbo, Osun State capital, to protest against economic hardship, among other challenges being faced by Nigerians. The protesters were against the recent petrol subsidy removal, Naira floating and other reforms of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Recall that the group…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has saved over 1 trillion naira ($1.32 billion) in just over two months by scrapping a popular but costly subsidy on petrol and moved to unify its multiple exchange rates, President Bola Tinubu said on Monday. Tinubu is under pressure as prices soar following the country’s boldest reforms in decades, which…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A support group in the All Progressives Congress, The Confederation of All APC Support Groups, on Sunday, said only God can unseat President Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. The group said this during a press conference in Kaduna. The press briefing was organised in response to the criticism of the last presidential…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the coup d’etat in Niger, a high powered delegation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have arrived the country’s capital Niamey for mediation. President Bola Tinubu who was weeks ago elected chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had during his inaugural speech warned against coup in the subregion…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress has put plans in place for a nationwide strike scheduled to begin August 2,2023, The PUNCH has reliably gathered. Though a court order which barred the congress from going on strike in June still stands, our correspondent learnt that the congress noted that it could not fold…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has reportedly failed the ministerial screening by the Department of State Service (DSS). Also said to have failed the screening exercise is immediate past Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. This, according to investigative journalist, Jackson Ude, led to the names…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane has assured Nigerians that the economic reforms and policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration will start yielding results from the first quarter of 2024. Rewane said this on Saturday, while speaking on Arise News TV programme, adding that there will be more…