LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has urged young people not to join nationwide cost-of-living protests planned for next week, saying they are the work of “sinister” people “capitalising” on the country’s economic woes. Organisers are said to have drawn inspiration from events in Kenya. Protesters in the East African nation are now calling…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The leadership of the organised labour, on Monday, counseled President Bola Tinubu to quench the looming nationwide protest by dialoguing with the conveners of the planned action. Daily Trust reports that hundreds of Nigerians have been mobilising for a nationwide protest billed to hold across 36 States of the federation. Reacting to…
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…