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…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worried over the spate of official Government documents leakages, the Federal Government is seriously considering regulating or placing an outright ban on all civil servants from social media participation. Describing civil servants’ participation on social media as “improper,” the Government in a memo said, social media participation should instead be supportive of…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has, in 16 cycles’ disbursement, spent N9.074billion on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and another N5.178billion on School Feeding Programme from inception in 2017 till date in Jigawa. Bala Chamo, the state Coordinator, Social Investments Programme (SIP), who made this known at a news conference in Dutse on Saturday said…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday approved a new working hour for civil servants across the country. According to the Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, federal workers on grade level 12 and above would now resume full work hours from 8 am to 4 pm, while the…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government’s planned implementation of six percent stamp duty charge on tenancy agreements nationwide effective from August 10, 2020, has elicited bitter reactions from the organised labour, estate agents and tenants, with all describing the fiscal measure as insensitive. Daily Trust investigations on the charge, which was announced by the Federal…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government of Nigeria has dismissed claims that it has banned the ongoing reality show in the country, saying the reports are mere speculations. It will be recalled that reports came from social media that the Minister of Information and Cultural Orientation, Alhaji Laim Mohamed, has ordered that the programme be…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has directed civil servants to undergo COVID-19 tests as part of efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic in the country. In a circular signed by Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Officer, Evelyn Ngige, said provision has been made at THISDAY Dome, one of the isolation centres for COVID-19…