LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Human Right Lawyer Chief (Barr,) Malcolm Omirhobo has condemned Federal Government approval of N90bn subsidy for the cost of pilgrimage for 2024 hajj. According to Saharareporters the Nigerian Government says it has spent the sum of N90 billion to subsidise the cost of the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage for citizens. This was…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has walked out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations after the government and the Organised Private Sector made what the unionists described as “ridiculous offers” of N48,000 and N54,000, respectively. According to a source who is a leader of the…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has asked the federal government to ban embassies from transacting in foreign currencies within Nigeria, saying it is illegal and “unhealthy”. In a letter addressed to Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar, EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede registered his displeasure that the embassies charge visa fees and consular services in dollars…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has approved a 25 to 35 per cent increase in the salary structures of police officers, the armed forces, public servants, among others. It announced this on Tuesday through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, stating that the salary raise takes effect from January 1, 2024. The NSIWC,…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has raised concerns again at the nation’s rising debt profile saying that N97.3 trillion is on the high side and worrisome. According to the former Anambra State Governor, even more disturbing is the fact that most of these…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country. The Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Musliu Oseni, who made this known at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday said the increase will see the…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos based human right lawyer Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has condemned attack and killing of sixteen military men in Okuoma community of Ughelli North LGA of Delta State. He equally chastised the military for reprisal attack which has allegedly resulted in total razing of the the Urhobo community. Presently, there is…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Media and Policy Initiative IMPI has hailed the federal government for allocating more funds to capital expenditure than recurrent in the budget for the first time in the current democratic dispensation. It said in statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju that the decision to buck a 24- year trend…