LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Damilola Olakanmi, a Nigerian law student based in East London, The United Kingdom, has died after eating the cannabis sweet she bought via a messaging app on her phone. The UK Evening Standard reported that Olakanmi, 23, immediately fell ill after taking the sweet on March 29 and had to be rushed […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. President Buhari signed the Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Friday. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of […]
Feb 26 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian lawmakers plan to amend the constitution to compel a new president to nominate the cabinet within a month of taking office, documents showed on Wednesday, to avoid policy delays as the country prepares for elections next year. President Muhammadu Buhari took five months after he was re-elected to a second term […]
Feb 24 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it will not release the 2023 general election timetable until the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is signed into law. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja during the commission’s first quarterly consultative meeting with political parties. He said; “On the Electoral […]
Jan 18 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised the new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to continue to use the law for the emancipation of the society. Obi, who attended the reception of many new SANs, spoke to the press at […]
Dec 12 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party Vice Presidential Candidate in 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to a media report that he breached Nigerian laws by engaging in secret businesses set up in tax havens, declaring that he broke no law. An online publication, Premium Times, quoting Pandora Papers, […]
Oct 8 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Thursday, signed the State Anti-open grazing bill 2021 into law, urging the Federal Government to assist interested herdsmen to establish ranches across the country. Assenting to the bill christened “Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Bill” and a second bill, Delta State Urban and Regional Planning Bill 2020, which were […]
Sep 30 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the law permits him to remain in office till either 2023 or 2024. He said this in his court documents filed to counter a suit challenging the three-month extension granted him by President Muhammadu Buhari in February. […]
Mar 9 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump signed the long-awaited $900 billion second coronavirus pandemic relief bill into law on Sunday night, sending aid to millions of Americans and narrowly averting a government shutdown. Trump had threatened not to sign the bill if it did not increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000, as well as repeal […]
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bishop David Oyedepo has criticized the application of the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) in churches, following its signing into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 7, 2020. The law which permits the registrar-general of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a supervising minister to strictly supervise religious bodies and charity […]
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