LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12am to 4am curfew as part of efforts to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The Government has equally shut down bars, night clubs and recreational centres in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Mohammed, disclosed…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, has debunked the allegation by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that the Federal Government has plans to slash salaries of civil servants. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), discredited the allegation in a statement. African Examiner reports that the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has proposed salary cut for workers as a way of reducing the high cost of governance in the country. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said the FG was working to reduce the high cost of governance by doing away with unnecessary expenditures. Disclosing this at the policy dialogue…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has approved the extension of National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise deadline to June 30. This is contained in a statement co-signed by Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Head, Corporate Communications,Mr Kayode Adegoke National Identity Management Commission(NIMC). The…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over one week after security forces arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators alleged to be financial sponsors of Boko Haram, senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has opposed moves by the Federal Government to opt for a secret trial. According to media reports, the businessmen were arrested in an operation, coordinated…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will restart issuing new mobile subscriptions from next week, the government said, four months after it halted the process in an attempt to curb growing insecurity in the country. Africa’s most populous nation is battling a surge in violence, including a jihadist insurgency in the northeast, banditry in the northwest and…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has extended the deadline for linkage of Sim cards with National Identification Number (NIN) to May 6, 2021. This was disclosed at the meeting of the Ministerial Task Force on the NIN-SIM data linkage. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Divergent views have continued to trail the Federal Government’s desire to appropriate the £4.2m recovered from Britain that former Governor James Onanefe Ibori and his associates looted. Indeed, groups and individuals are rising in support of repatriating the money to Delta State. Already, a human rights activist and lawyer, Chief Malcom Omirhobo…
