LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Expression Now Human Rights Initiative has filed a suit against the Nigerian Government before the ECOWAS Court over the provisions and enforcement of hate speech in the Nigerian Broadcasting Code 6th Edition and its amendments. The suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/, was filed through the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)s’ counsel, Solomon Okedara. Okedarain the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely two days after electricity tariff was increased by about 300 per cent, oil marketers yesterday fixed the pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, at N162 per litre. The marketers fixed the new price following the Federal government’s announcement that the product would now be sold to marketers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $3.1 billion for the end to end automation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this at the end of the FEC virtual meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, the concessionary period is 20 years and the…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The dispensing of autogas into automobiles through selected filling stations across the country will commence by the end of September, the Federal Government has said. It was gathered that autogas to be dispensed into automobiles and other prime movers include Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Compressed Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas, depending on…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has asked MultiChoice to suspend its planned increase in tariff which will take effect from September 1, saying it is hostile to Nigerians who are currently going through harsh economic conditions, Daily Independent reports. The government also said the company did not consult with it before the decision was…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says it will enforce the principle of reciprocity in granting permission to airlines to resume operations into the country as the Nigerian airspace reopens for international flights on August 29. Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika stated this on Thursday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19….
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as unfair, the recent clampdown on Nigerian businesses in Ghana by the Ghanaian authorities. He spoke through a press statement made available to the media. Obi, who said such actions negated the true spirit…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government would require about $5.3 billion loan from China to fund the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project. Amaechi disclosed this over the weekend after inspecting the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, saying the Ibadan-Kano rail project would take-off once the loan was received. “We are waiting…