LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has slipped and fallen over at an official event to mark 25 years of democracy in the country. The president, 72, fell as he climbed the steps on a vehicle which was supposed to take him around Eagle Square in the capital, Abuja. He had to be helped…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has sacked Solomon Arase as the chairperson of the Police Service Commission (PSC). The president replaced him with Hashimu Argungu, a retired deputy inspector general of police, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday. The president also approved…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C, has fixed a new date to advance a motion to release or withhold President Bola Tinubu’s records by its security agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In 2022, anti-corruption campaigner Aaron Greenspan teamed…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu is considering a six months suspension of the collection of taxes, levies or charges in business of few sectors of the economy. Recipients of the tax suspension will include Okada riders, transporters of goods, fuel transporters, wheelbarrow and cart pushers, shops owners, market traders, amongst others. This was contained…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has renamed the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) as Professor Wole Soyinka Highway. This was recommended by the Federal Capital Territory administration. President Tinubu noted that Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Literature Prize, adding that the literary icon has…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Millions of Nigerians are without electricity after the national grid was shut down as part of a general strike over the rising cost of living. The country was plunged into darkness shortly after 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) when union members prevented operators at the country’s power control rooms from working and…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Executive Officer of Lagos-based Financial Derivatives, Bismarck Rewane, has said that Ghana is now doing better than Nigeria economically. However, he predicted that though things are tough, there would be light at the end of the tunnel. Rewane, who spoke on a television programme monitored by THISDAY while analysing President…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prices of essential food items in Nigeria surged significantly in April 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Selected Food Price Watch report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report revealed a concerning rise in the cost of staple foods across the board. Here’s a…