LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has demanded from the Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the President, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the retraction of his allegation, linking him to the planned mass protest being planned for August. Recall that the Presidential Spokesperson…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A cyberattack on Indonesia’s national data centre compromised hundreds of government offices and caused long delays at the capital’s main airport, with the hacker demanding an $8 million ransom, officials said Monday. Long queues formed at immigration gates at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport last week after systems went down in the attack,…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Global human rights body, Amnesty International, has demanded the immediate release of the Islamic gospel musician from Kano State, Yahaya Sheriff Aminu, jailed since 2020 on the allegation of blasphemy, for a series of audio messages circulated via WhatsApp which became public knowledge in March 2020. Amnesty also demanded the immediate release…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government is demanding at least $10 billion as retribution from Binance amid crackdown on the crypto exchange platform in desperate moves to salvage the value of the nation’s local currency. Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, made this known Friday morning in an interview…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to spotlight the pressing need for healthcare reform in Nigeria, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Mr. Peter Obi, embarked on a visit to the Tungan Madaki Primary Healthcare Centre in FCT Abuja yesterday, February 15, 2024, coinciding with the World Sick Week. Obi’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed militants. During an event Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu again vowed that the war would not end without Israel’s…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have thumbed down the N500bn palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu, stating that it is grossly inadequate to assuage the hardships confronting workers sequel to the fuel subsidy removal. They are demanding a 300 per cent salary increase to enable workers to cope…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday presented to the representatives of President Bola Tinubu, a list of demands to be met following the removal of petroleum subsidy. Arising from the session at the presidential villa, Abuja on Sunday night, both parties agreed to meet again on Tuesday to give time to…