LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital on Tuesday in support of the junta that has seized power in a coup, as debate rages over the time frame for the country’s return to civilian rule. Months of protests over the simmering jihadist insurgency, bloody ethnic violence and endemic corruption in the country…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an effort to guarantee steady electricity supply, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a one-year deferment of the 35 percent import adjustment tax (levy) imposed on fully built unit (FBU) electricity meters with HS Code 9028.30.00.00 under the 2019 fiscal policy measures for the implementation of Economic Community of West African States…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African delegation said Sunday. “The junta has affirmed that it wants a three-year transition to review the foundations of…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad, but celebrated by many in a country battling an Islamist insurgency and simmering political unrest. Leaders from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have taken…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African and Western leaders condemned on Wednesday the junta that forced Mali’s president from power, warning the coup was a deep setback for the West African nation that could threaten the battle against Islamic extremism. Soldiers calling themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People promised that they would ultimately…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali membership after the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister, Boubou Cisse. This development is coming amid jubilation in Mali after soldiers detained the president and the Prime Minister. In a statement on Tuesday, ECOWAS also ordered its members…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is contained in a document signed by Mahamadou Issoufou, ECOWAS president, and seen by TheCable on Friday. On June 4, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the nomination of Okonjo-Iweala, former…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Badagry monarch, Oba Abraham Ogabi, has urged Federal and Lagos State Government to call back to site the contractors handling Lagos – Badagry expressway to alleviate suffering of motorists on the highway. The Onimeke of Imeke Kingdom told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that motorists were facing untold hardship…