LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-With significant interest, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has received the news that the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCT) upheld the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Incorporated, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The penalty was imposed after a 30-month investigation between 2021 and 2023…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Petroleum Retailers Outlets Owners Association has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, for its petrol price reduction. This was disclosed in a statement by its spokesperson, Joseph Obele, on Monday. DAILY POST reports that on Monday, NNPCL reduced its retail price from N965 per litre to N880 in the…
LAGOS November 1st (newsrangers)-Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Talata Mafara Local Government Area, Zamfara State, took to the streets on Monday to protest what they described as poor governance under Governor Dauda Lawal. Staging a strong protest against Governor Dauda Lawal, the protesters said that the tenure of the former governor of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, MON and NSA Nuhu Ribadu has been lauded by the Coalition of Northern Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOs) for their decisive and robust leadership in the ongoing battle against banditry and terrorism in Northern Nigeria. This commendation follows the recent successful military…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wednesday’s judgement of the President Election Petition Court will not mark the end of the controversies trailing the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. News Direct recalls that the five-man panel, in a final judgement read by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, struck out the three petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reactions yesterday trailed President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to remove petrol subsidy and unify forex rates, as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said the President was merely flying a kite and would not have the courage to do it. However, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN; the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bells rang out over Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories and in cities the world over as leaders from Japan to Russia praised the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died early Saturday at age 95. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, issued a statement Saturday morning: “The human family grieves the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Immigration Service on Friday dismissed eight of its personnel from the service for various offences relating to indiscipline, employment racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices. Also, 18 officers were sanctioned for the same reason. Last month, the Comptroller-General, NIS, Isah Idris, ordered the investigation into a case of extortion…