LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its three-month strike following an agreement it reached with the Federal Government. It, however, warned that “this is a suspension, not an outright call-off. If government reneges on our memorandum of agreement, we will embark on another industrial action with full force.” According…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, has said that the Commission would investigate possible violation of campaign finance laws by the Federal Government through its Trader0]Moni Scheme. He stated that the electoral agency has a mechanism for tracking campaign finance violations by the candidates and their parties, adding that…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that the N198 billion budgetary allocation for the funding of the forthcoming general election, has been released to the commission. The electoral body has also stated that the results of the February 16 presidential election will be transmitted…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is back to the Abacha era when state institutions were used to fight perceived enemies of the head of state. He was speaking on Sunday in his state of the nation address which he tagged “Points for Concern and Action”. Sani Abacha, a general, was the…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has challenged the Federal Government to show evidence that he benefitted from the N156m slush fund that allegedly led to the collapse of the defunct Platinum Habib Bank. Atiku made this challenge in a statement issued by Mr. Phrank Shaibu, his Special…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that the candidate of the opposition PDP in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has questions to answer when he returns from his current trip to the United States. The government said it is investigating Mr Abubakar’s alleged role in the collapse of former Bank PHB….
LAGOS JANUARY 8H (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Addressing journalists on Monday evening after the meeting with the striking lecturers in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the majority of their demands have been met including the release of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Friday, urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to discard the December 31 ultimatum over lingering disagreement between organised labour and state governments on the proposed N30,000 national minimum wage. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, made the appeal while speaking with State House correspondents, after a closed door meeting…