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,…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has given approval to the National Agricultural and Land Development Agency (NALDA) to permanently employ some 30,000 agricultural and other science graduates to handle soil test and other responsibilities for the agency. The Executive Secretary of NALDA, Paul Ikonne, stated this Monday while briefing journalists on the activities of…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said that the use of National Identification Number (NIN) is now a mandatory requirement for registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by candidates. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this known, on Thursday, in Abuja during 2020 Ministerial press briefing, ordered the Joint Admissions and…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A cross section of Nigerians on Twitter are criticising the plan of the government to lift 20 million Nigerian out of poverty in two years through a cash transfer scheme. African Examiner reports that Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Tuesday during the flag-off of the cash transfer scheme called Rapid Response…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has asked the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar Abba, to make available details of all cases concerning former first lady, Patience Jonathan. A presidency source revealed that Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, gave the directive…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria continues to battle the second wave of the dreaded coronavirus, federal authorities in the country are trying to reduce the possibility of mass infections. On Friday, January 15, the federal ministry of health released new protocols for religious centres to adhere to. The Buhari-led administration has issued new protocols for…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, made the disclosure at the launch of the grant, on…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have been told to prepare for more pain this fiscal year, as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, and the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akubueze, presented the breakdown for the 2021 N13.588 trillion Federal Government’s Budget. The top Presidency officers,…