LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government, through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has suspended the planned petrol subsidy removal. Speaking during a meeting held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said the suspension is till further notice. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Minister of…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Benson Anya of the Abia State High Court has ordered the federal government to pay the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N1 Billion over infringement of his fundamental rights. The court said the damages to be paid to Kanu were for the…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Monday, entered fresh terrorism allegations against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. FG, in the amended process it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, increased the counts in the initial charge it preferred against Kanu. The IPOB leader…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Thursday said it was putting measures in place to ensure further reduction in the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas. It disclosed this while reacting to the recent marginal drop in the cost of cooking gas. According to findings, the price of 12.5kg LPG has…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has imposed a N10 per liter excise duty tax on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. The excise duty tax is one of the amendments made in the Finance Act 2022 which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31 last year. The Minister of Finance,…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the organised private sector (OPS) have advised the federal government to make deliberate efforts to remove impediments to the conduct of business in the country in 2022, especially with respect to clearing of goods at the ports, stressing that its war clearing goods at the country’s seaports. Also, following President…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has declared December 27, 28 and January 3, 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day. Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement was signed by Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary of the interior…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has fixed the National Sports Festival for November 2 to 15, 2022 in Delta State following the resolution of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Sports. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this on Monday in Asaba, the Delta State Capital during the…