LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that the federal government is working on transitioning to a cost reflective tariff to stop an increase in the N4trn debt it owes the sector. The minister who spoke during the Mission 300 Stakeholders’ Engagement meeting in Abuja, said this is part of reforms…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The decision to amend the Nigeria Police Act 2020, which the National Assembly effectively did on Tuesday is tearing the force apart as senior officers have moved against it. Already, there are grumbles and expressions of dissent with some going as far as warning that loyalty and hard work in the face…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Lagos-based socio-cultural organisation, De Renaissance Patriots, has stated that political parties in Nigeria must pick their candidates for governorship position in the state from the indigenous people of Lagos “Ibile Eko.” The group stated this in a release titled, “We are real, we are not faceless people: Men behind De Renaissance…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-nine army major generals and members of Course 36 of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) pencilled in for retirement after the appointment of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, are expected to meet the army chief and the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Thursday, THISDAY…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some parents in Lagos State have kicked against reopening of schools in view of the continued spread of the Novel Coronavirus. They told the News Agency of Nigeria in interviews that it was important for the federal and state governments to continue to safeguard children from the pandemic. NAN reports that the…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hours after its inauguration, the Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), on Thursday, January 8, has kicked against the formation of ‘Operation Amotekun’ in the southwest zone of the country. Daily Trust reports that the national president of NYCN, Isah Abubakar, in a statement issued in Kaduna, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, not…