LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Association of Right and Welfare of Passengers in Nigeria (ARWPAN) has expressed confidence in the key appointments made so far by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Group said those the President has appointed in strategic positions so far have been tested and proved their worth as experienced, honest and hardworking with integrity….
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu looks set to appoint trusted lieutenants connected to the political scene in Lagos to key posts, handing power to technocrats and officials credited with revitalizing the country’s economic powerhouse. After assuming office yesterday in the capital, Abuja, attention has turned to who Tinubu, 71, will choose to…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have no money for its operations despite the serious security situation in the country, Acting Inspector-General of Police Alkali Usman Baba said on Wednesday. Without funding, yet faced with attacks on its assets and killing of its officers and men in parts of the country, the police have become “Miracle…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Thursday passed three bills sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, one of which seeks to criminalise estimated billing of electricity consumers by distribution companies. When the proposed law is concurred with by the Senate and assented to by the President, it will become criminal for service providers…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated the newly elected leadership of the National Assembly with a call on them to guarantee the independence of the legislature in accordance with democratic ethos. Governor Dickson also charged the new leadership to ensure that…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Gbajabiamila, APC Lagos, has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly. He was the favoured candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While collation and counting is still on going, Gbajabiamila has surpassed the simple majority of 181 votes of 360 members required to…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Electricity Power Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed by the House of Representatives last Tuesday prohibiting and criminalising estimated billing has proposed a one-year jail term and a fine of N1m for defaulters. The proposed law, which will be transmitted to the Senate for concurrence, and onward transmission to the President…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal House of Representatives member Femi Gbajabiamila representing Surulere 1federal constituency has just dusted Davido’s assurance to girlfriend Chioma. The House leader of the 8th House of Representatives has blessed his wife, Yemisi, with a glittering brand new Benz G-Wagon of yellow colour. The state-of-the-art luxury car is valued at over N100…