LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the federal government to allow higher institutions in the country go on break now for the students who registered last year to collect their permanent voter’s cards, PVCs. According to the association, if the step is not taken, over four million students would…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned a song released by Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable. The song is entitled ‘Kuku Do Ritual’. According to MURIC, the song has the potential to encourage ritual killing and mislead Nigerian youths. Ritual killings are common in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji has claimed the federal government was responsible for the incessant banditry activities in the northwest and other places. He alleged that security chiefs, military personnel and some highly placed individuals make huge amounts of money from the inhuman activities. Turji disclosed this in a telephone interview with…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors of the 36 states have accused the Federal Government of abandoning its duty of addressing the security challenges crippling economic activities in the country. The governors, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, said the rising level of poverty among Nigerians was a consequence of the biting effect of insecurity…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to lift the suspension order on Nigerdock following its willingness to abide by the rules and its contributions to the growth of the National economy. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, stated this recently when he visited the firm in Lagos in the company…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group, Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), has said that its collaborative efforts with Federal Government agencies has resulted in a drastic reduction in the cost of birthing ships in Nigerian ports from $150,000 to $20,000. This was disclosed by a delegation of CBi led by Mr. Olusoji Apampa which paid a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Federal Government has slashed the budget proposed by the Nigeria Police Force by almost N93bn, a situation which the security outfit has warned may frustrate its efforts towards effectively tackling the growing insecurity in the country. The police blamed the reduction largely on the envelope budgeting system of the government and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government, through the ministry of internal affairs, is set to open up to 1,000 passport processing offices in bank branches and hotels in the country to speed up issuance of the travel document. The development is one of the steps taken by the FG to help reduce hardships and frustrations…