LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- The Federal Government on Monday approved a comprehensive reform of the National Youth Service Corps since its establishment in 1973, replacing military leadership with a civilian Director-General. It also restructured the one-year scheme into 11 specialised skills-based streams, redesigned the orientation camp programme and uniform, and directed the amendment of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially approved a one-year extension for the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, whose tenure was originally set to end on August 31, 2025. According to a statement issued on Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has broadened its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts with the second phase of its “Back to School Storm” initiative, reaching four public primary schools in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The Agency visited Methodist Primary School, Igbogbo; Anglican Primary School, Igbogbo; Etunrenren…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s military regime, in power since a 2022 coup, will extend its rule for five years under an accord adopted during national consultations on Saturday, the talks’ chairman said. “The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024,” Colonel Moussa Diallo, chairman of the organising committee…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced its intention to extend the validity of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 noted indefinitely. This is as the apex bank declared its desire to extend the validity of old naira notes beyond any expiry date. According to the bank, it is working with the…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian naira extended its slump in black-market trading as the nation’s dollar shortage deepened two months after the central bank moved to a more flexible exchange rate to encourage inflows. The currency of Africa’s biggest crude oil producer weakened to 923 naira per dollar, compared with 917 naira the day before,…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has extended his medical leave indefinitely overseas. The extension was contained in a letter he forwarded to the State House of Assembly. The date of the governor’s resumption was not however stated in the letter. The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, said the…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General (IG) of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. The extension, which was contained in a letter to the relevant authorities, put paid to speculations about his likely retirement before the general election, starting February 25. Speculations had been rife that Baba might retire…