LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NESRANGERS)-Royal Dutch Shell Plc has said it paid $4.32 billion to the Nigerian Government in 2017, representing an increase of 19 per cent from the $3.64 billion the oil giant paid in 2016. The Shell’s Sustainability Report 2017, which was released yesterday, showed that the $4.32 billion paid to Nigeria was the…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Monday constituted a 16-man committee to screen the degrees obtained by Nigerians from foreign tertiary institutions. The move, according to Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, became necessary following reported cases of fake foreign degrees said to have been obtained by Nigerians from sub-standard institutions across the continent. According…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogoni Rights Advocates (ORA), International has vowed to resist any attempt by the Federal government to construct cemetery and prison in Ogoniland. The group peeved that the Federal Government would be contemplating building a massive prison and cemetery in ogoniland, instead of the prompt clean-up and massive development the area demands….
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 30 and Monday, April 2, as public holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. Dambazau enjoined Christian faithful and Nigerians…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Libya returnees from Edo state have accused the federal government of abandoning them and failing to fulfil its promise of empowering them with funds after giving them initial training. The returnees, while accusing the federal government of neglect, said more Nigerians would continue to flee to Libya if the situation in…
By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa. LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government of Nigeria and International Oil Companies operating in the Niger Delta Region has been called upon to urgently address the glaring neglect and underdevelopment as the only panacea in the region.This was contained in a press release by Wanama Onya and made available to Authority in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over what it perceives as an attempt to censor the media. This was revealed on Thursday in a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who faulted the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for urging the…
Lai Mohammed[/captionNigeria LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government is set to provide 300,000 new jobs for the youths in 2018. He said this in Abuja while speaking at the public presentation of the policy framework and National Action Plan for preventing and countering violent extremism….