LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some supporters of the Labour Party have raised alarm over a move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, alleging that it is a plot to wipe out evidence of possible manipulation of the February 25 presidential election. The…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday finally admitted that the implementation of its painstaking plans for last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election came with some unforeseen challenges. Its chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the confession in his remarks at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) held in Abuja on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Refugee International has blamed the death of over 63 African sea migrants on European Union and Italian migration policy. A statement by Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk made available to NewsRangers said, “The deaths at sea of more than 63 migrants—including an infant and children—off the coast of southern Italy on Sunday…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With election fever ramping up in Nigeria, leading members of each party are drumming up support for their candidates. Roads and housing minister Babatunde Fashola, who supports the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), recently claimed that its presidential candidate Bola Tinubu issued Nigeria’s first state bond for infrastructure and development when he…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSTANGERS)-The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo has faulted the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, revoking licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide over indebtedness. In a statement issued on Friday, Isiguzo says the decision by the industry regulator, to revoke the licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide…
Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has described as unfortunate a publication by PremiumTimes newspaper with the caption, ‘Malabu: Report accusing HEDA’s chair of maligning Adoke not fake – Police; We stand by our position,’ stating that the report fell short of every journalism ethics. HEDA in a statement…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, and a professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, have faulted the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s justification of printing money to support government. Mailafia and Utomi, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday, stated that there was no basis…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained why the cash transfer strategies employed by the Federal Government to lift people out of poverty, will not work out in Nigeria. Obi, who spoke on The Morning Show on Arise Television on Tuesday, said…