LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed its plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) up to 50 percent. This is even as the upper chamber of the National Assembly approved N30, 000 as new minimum wage. The planned upward review of the Value Added Tax up to 50 percent was disclosed…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has reacted to the position of both the United States of America and her United Kingdom counterpart on the suspension of the country’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. A statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said as much as Nigeria…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The new wage structure is still a long way to go, going by indications from Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige. According to him, governors, the most critical group in the process, are yet to submit their proposal on a new wage system. The minister told reporters in Anambra State that…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Galala singer, Daddy Showkey has spoken on plans by some unnamed people to kill him. He said the death threat was as a result of his being outspoken on topical issues in the country. However, the “Ghetto soldier” crooner said he was not afraid of death, hence those planning his death…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere; a Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed; and the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, among others, came down heavily on the Federal Government over the release of a looters’ list containing just six names. They described the list as laughable while accusing the government and…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Communication, in the words of Grunig and Hunt (1984), is the biggest tool mankind has as a potential way of overcoming difficulties. But in most cases, we have it abandoned and embrace traveling the circumference of chaos before coming to access this powerful instrument. A fitting example of the…