LAGOS NOVEMVER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said that all teachers in the nation’s educational system without basic qualifications will be disengaged from the service by December 31, 2019. Adamu, who was represented by the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Hamid Boboyi, disclosed this on Monday in Benin…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Home Grown School Feeding Programme, one of the packages under the Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) has created wealth for over 250,000 farmers, cooks and others involved in the scheme. According to statistics made available during a joint press briefing on the progress of the Scheme, a total of N651million…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government borrowed a total of N2.32tn in 2017 to fund deficit in the budget, the Debt Management Office has said. DMO said this in its 2017 Annual Report obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. According to DMO, the total amount was borrowed from both the domestic and the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that a comprehensive policy for improved remuneration for teachers and all public servants is being developed. President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said this at the 2018 Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference on Tuesday, November 6, in Abuja….
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,…