LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s outgoing president has issued a declaration over the Benin Bronzes that could have significant consequences in the campaign for the return of these great cultural treasures, as Barnaby Phillips has been finding out. In the dying weeks of his administration, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari made a decision which has caused a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is confusion among electricity consumers and distribution companies over a fresh hike in electricity tariff. On Tuesday, a report by a national daily emerged saying that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff payable by customers of the 11 distribution companies (Discos)….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The election of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo has been nullified by a Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the state capital. According to Daily Nigerian, the court ruled in favour of the appellant Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on all counts. The court upturned the ruling of the election…