LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says it will soon begin the trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram members who are in various detention facilities across the country. The Director General of Legal Aid Council, Aliyu Abubakar, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Borno Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House, Maiduguri. Abubakar identified…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director/CEO of Mac-Manuel Global Logistics, and the Vice President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr Emeka Enwelu has confirmed that the Federal Government is not ready to key into African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) concept. Enwelu who is the Guest Speaker at roundtable chat…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has urged the Federal Government to give bandits desiring to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The Islamic scholar disclosed this while addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State capital. “The Federal government should give them blanket amnesty, then if…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely four and half months after the official launch and roll-out of the Federal Government’s National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), the programme has been dogged by allegations of fraud and corruption against electricity distribution companies (Discos) saddled with the task of installing the meters. It would be recalled that the Federal Government…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to have a rethink on its directive on cryptocurrency transactions in the country. This advice, which was contained in a statement on Saturday, was in reaction to the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks and other financial institutions…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has asked the Federal Government to introduce a social support programme to alleviate the huge losses of livestock for herdsmen across the country. In a communique jointly signed by the association’s President, Muhammad Kiruwa and National Secretary, Baba Othman Ngelzarma and released after a one-day national executive meeting…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained why the cash transfer strategies employed by the Federal Government to lift people out of poverty, will not work out in Nigeria. Obi, who spoke on The Morning Show on Arise Television on Tuesday, said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent,…