LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Evidence of tax payment will be a condition for operating a bank account from January, according to the Financial bill passed by the National Assembly. The Bill, submitted to the lawmakers with Budget 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari, is designed to improve financial operations of the country and streamline the tax regime….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Zamfara state, Senator Ahmed Yerima, has declared his interest in succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Yerima made his interest known while being interviewed during a radio programme monitored by Daily Nigerian in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital. According to him, some Mallams are already working to actualise…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some rice millers in Gombe State say they have recorded increased sales and patronage since the closure of the border by the Federal Government. The Federal Government shut borders with neighbouring countries of Benin Republic, Cameroun and Niger Republic since August. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Aug. 28 at the Seventh Tokyo…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gombe- Former Governor of Gombe State and a serving Senator, Mohammad Danjuma Goje has called on President Muhammdu Buhari to quickly intervene and douse the lingering tension between Gombe and Bauchi States over the ownership of some oil wells recently discovered in the two States. There was wide jubilation in the two…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has faulted some state governments and communities for allegedly frustrating projects of the Federal Government in the country. In a statement on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, it warned against creating unnecessary impediments in the allocation of land or…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned what it described as barbaric and disgraceful the attack on peaceful protest of its members by South African police. The group said the act was an indication that state sanctioned politics of savagery has taken firm hold in Cyril Ramaphosa’s South Africa. In a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Pary (PDP), will file a 70-point appeal at the Supreme Court against President Muhammadu Buhari‘s victory. I will be recall that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) dismissed the petition of the PDP and Atiku on Wednesday, September 11. Delivering judgment,…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A coalition of Niger Delta youth groups on Tuesday applauded the pedigree of cabinet members from the region and urged the Federal Government to leverage on their competence to develop the area. The groups under the auspices of Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYPP) commended…