LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says the federal and state governments should provide aid and relief to victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno. On Tuesday, thousands of residents fled their homes following a flood that ravaged swathes of Fori,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and some civil society organisations (CSOs), yesterday, expressed outrage at the recent hike in petrol prices, lamenting that the federal government is inflicting further hardship on Nigerians. PDP rejected what it described as the…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria has appealed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company and the federal government to sell the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries. CORAN Publicity Secretary, Eche Idoko made this call in a recent statement. According to him, the $1.5 billion spent on the rehabilitation of Port…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government through the National Data Protection Commission has slammed Fidelity Bank with a fine of N555.8 million for allegedly violating customer data protection laws. This announcement was made by the commission’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, at the Validation Workshop on the Nigeria Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation Directive…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has withdrawn the sale of subsidised 50 kilogramme bags of rice for N40,000 to public servants. No reason was given for the sudden change of action. The sale of the subsidised rice was announced on August 1 2024 through the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Human Resources…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite ongoing protests over the rising cost of living, the Nigerian government has ruled out reinstating fuel subsidy. Minister of Finance Wale Edun made the clarification during a recent interview on AIT. Edun said that fuel subsidy is not included in the 2024 national budget and cited economic progress as a reason…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje has instituted a ₦1bn Fundamental Right Enforcement suit against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the security agencies in the country, over alleged move to stop the proposed ‘hunger protest’, scheduled to be held between August 1 to 10, 2024. While the FG is named as the…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the planned nationwide protest against bad governance and economic hardship gathers momentum, protesters have listed out their demands. Dockaysworld reports that the protest has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in August. Food and basic commodities prices…