LAGOS FEBRURAY 13TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fined the Federal Government the sum of N200,000 for causing adjournment of the trial of convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu described the prosecution’s request for adjournment as frivolous and postponed the trial till Thursday. The judge warned that the proceedings…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has budgeted N620 million to manage the coronavirus epidemic. This is according to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. Tribune reports that the ministry of health budgeted the fund to monitor, detect and prevent the country from the dreaded coronavirus spreading across the world from China. While interfacing with…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Electricity workers have threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government fails to implement the December 11, 2019 agreement it reached with them. They gave the government 14 days to do the needful or face an industrial action. Seven weeks ago, the Federal Government reached an agreement with workers in the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to Punch, another $321million Abacha loot will be returned to the country soon. A tripartite understanding between the Island of Jersey, the United States of America and Nigeria has reportedly been established, and Pulse understands that the agreement on the repatriation will be signed next week. The decision to repatriate the…
LAGOS JANUARY 2TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has filed a suit before a Federal High Court, Abuja praying for the disbandment of Christian and Muslim commissions in Nigeria and declaring them illegal. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ is between Omirhobo and five defendants.The plaintiff is calling for the interpretation and/or…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has been able to secure commercial deals worth over ₦153.4billion from the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit which was held in London. President Muhammadu Buhari, who led a delegation from Nigeria, held meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. In a statement on…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says a plan is in motion to provide alternative fuel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), that would cost between N95 to N97 per litre. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, January 16, 2020. He noted that CNG has…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Just about few days after the inauguration of a security outfit known as Amotekun by South-West states, the Federal Government has declared the paramilitary outfit as illegal as it is not backed by any known law in the land. It is noted that the Attorney General of the Federation made the feeling…