LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Youths in Damaturu, Yobe State, have vandalised a billboard erected to welcome President Bola Tinubu to the state for the launch of the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment Programme. On Saturday, July 20, Vice President Kashim Shettima represented President Ginubu at the launch of the programmed in Damaturu. However, after the launch, youths…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the pegging of the new national minimum wage at N70,000 by President Bola Tinubu and the two major labour centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). While some respondents said it is grossly inadequate and unsustainable to meet the present economic realities…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has again lashed out at the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over its management of the country’s economy. The governors, who made the observation in a statement they issued after their meeting in Enugu, said they identified with the Nigerian masses…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yerima Shettima, the head of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), said, “The economic situation is bad, with Nigerians struggling to live as prices keep rising. Many people have lost their jobs, businesses are closing, and Nigerians have less money to spend.” As reported by the Daily Post, Comrade Danjuma Paul, the…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has lamented that the President Tinubu administration has done nothing to alleviate the nation’s petroleum problem, but instead made it worse. The student body stated that rather than increasing fuel availability, the subsidy removal has caused scarcity and immense suffering for Nigerians. DAILY POST…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu-led federal government and state governors to learn from Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, how to support Small and Medium Enterprises. Peter Obi said too much tax on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria was also responsible…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has said the removal of fuel subsidy and devaluation of naira by President Bola Tinubu were right policies wrongly implemented. The Professor of Political Economics said both the petrol (fuel) subsidy and defence of naira by the previous administration…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to suspend import duties and value-added tax on essential medical supplies imported into the country. This is aimed at easing the high cost of locally producing pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and medical devices such as needles and syringes, and biological among others. Muhammad Ali Pate, minister…