LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives at the plenary on May 22nd introduced and passed through first reading a Bill which seeks to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) to create a new state in the Southeastern region of Nigeria known as Orlu State. The…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to suspend forthwith the implementation of the new electricity tariff nationwide. Recall that NERC recently mandated electricity distribution companies to charge Band A consumers increased tariffs in a move aimed at ensuring a stable power supply for those who can…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has asked the new administration to provide palliatives to mitigate the effect of the petroleum subsidy removal on Nigerians. The resolution was contained in a report submitted by a committee set up last year to investigate subsidy. The committee’s report was considered and approved on Thursday by the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The son of King Sunny Ade, the ace Juju music maestro, George Folarin Adegeye, has been declared the winner of the Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency seat in Lagos as the candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The politician’s mother was Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, the late wife of Sunny Ade, who was also a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State on Thursday condemned INEC for omitting party’s logo in the Senatorial and House of Representatives’ ballot papers ahead of the Saturday’s General Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC on Wednesday took delivery of sensitive materials for the Presidential and National…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bill seeking to ban cross-dressing has been stepped down on Tuesday. The sponsor of the bill, Muda Lawal was asked to step down the bill by the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, who said the argument by the sponsor is not convincing enough. The bill seeks to amend the same-s3x marriage (prohibition)…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry with the N100,000 weekly cash withdrawal limits recently set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its attendant economic and social challenges, the House of Representatives at Thursday plenary asked the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele to suspend implementation of the policy. Emefiele was asked to cause an appearance Thursday next…