LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has sued the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over what it terms the unlawful use of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act 2015 to oppress journalists in the country. The association through its President Austyn Ogannah and General Secretary Daniel Elombah contends that the Act…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Tuesday declared that it was working hard to come out with a policy that would limit the number of children that a mother could have in Nigeria . It stated that traditional rulers and other leaders across the country were being engaged as regards this , adding that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Due to the delay by states’ governments in providing land for ranches the Federal Government has decided to use some of its own land in various parts of the country for the establishment of ranches in order to put an end to clashes between herders and farmers across the nation. It was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday said there was no plan to increase the tuition to N350, 000 per session as claimed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, noting that the establishment of an Education Bank was already in the pipeline. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Sonny Echono,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The organised labour may call off Monday the strike action it embarked upon last Thursday, THISDAY learnt last night. A top government official who did not want to be named said this followed talks between Federal Government officials and labour leaders at the weekend. He disclosed that organised labour might announce the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over seven months after the abduction of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram insurgents, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the kidnapped schoolgirl, has filed an action at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming N500m damages. Recall that Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NESWSRANGERS0-The Bayelsa State government on Sunday raised the alarm over increase in the number of coastal communities submerged by flooding. The government said the number of communities affected by the flood had been increasing on a daily basis, insisting that the state was in dire need of support from the Federal Government….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered government to pay N10 million in damages to Mr Abiri. Mr Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and detained for two years till his lawyers, led by human rights…