LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government says it has spent over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country. Thìe Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this during the presentation of letters of engagement and electronic tablets to 248 monitors of the National Social Investment Programme NSIP programme in Adamawa…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has urged the House of Representatives to pass laws regulating internet broadcasting and social media in Nigeria including Twitter which it recently banned in Nigeria. The government also seeks powers for the National Broadcasting Commission to regulate prices, rates and tariffs imposed by satellite and cable television service providers…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been outrage over the demolition of 12 churches and two mosques on 2nd Avenue, FESTAC Town, Lagos State, by officials of the Federal Housing Authority. Our correspondent was told that a market and a car mart were also affected in the exercise carried out on Sunday. PUNCH Metro learnt that…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-militants from the coastal area of Ilaje Local Government area of Ondo State, have protested over the non-payment of their monthly allowances and threatened to drag the Presidential Committee on Amnesty Programme to court over the development. The former militants who alleged to the Federal Government that their monthly allowances and other…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohamed says Twitter is showing little enthusiasm toward the dialogue it initiated to resolve issues leading to the suspension of its operations. The minister said this on Friday when he featured on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme “Good Morning Nigeria’’ monitored by the…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says its directive that Over the Top (OTT) and social media platforms operating in the country must register and obtain license to operate is in conformity with global trend. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Friday when he featured on Nigerian Television Authority…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. This is as the government warned against agitations capable of threatening the peace of the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was quoted to have said this in a statement on Wednesday by…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Igbo women under the aegis of Credible Igbo Women Initiative (CIWI) have distanced themselves from the activities of both known and unknown gunmen in South-East of Nigeria whose activities have created atmosphere of civil unrest in the region. The group who made the denial yesterday in a press conference held at Yaba,…