LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Human Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), prominent Civil Society Organization, has urged the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari and his political Party, the All Progressive Congress, to prioritize the revamp of the country’s refineries and tackle corruption in the petroleum sector before removing fuel subsidy. In a statement issued by…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has chastised the Federal Government over the treason charge leveled against Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi. WITHIN NIGERIA reported that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had warned Peter Obi against inciting Nigerians to violence over the outcome of the presidential election….
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has admonished the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi from inciting people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. The…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Tuesday received a letter from Nigerian youths asking it to prevail on the federal government to nullify the February 25 presidential election. The youth group had stormed the ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja to protest the manner in which the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of N453.90 billion was approved today by the Federal Executive Council for the purchase of rolling stock, operational, and maintenance equipment for the currently under-construction Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail line. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister Of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo unveiled the Navigational Charts of the Lower River Niger from Lokoja in Kogi State to Burutu in Delta State at the NAF Conference Center, Abuja, in the company of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, CFR, the Honourable Minister of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three state governors — from Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara in the north of the country — all belonging to the ruling party sued the federal government, seeking the suspension of the central bank’s plan that has caused a cash crisis and disrupted transactions in Africa’s largest economy. The governors appealed to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Funtua Inland Dry Port in Katsina State as a port of origin and final destination for import and export of cargoes. This implies that the Inland Dry Port is empowered to operate shipping businesses including clearing and forwarding of cargoes directly from anywhere in the world. The…