LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a 20 per cent increase in salaries for officers in the Nigeria Police Force. This was disclosed by Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, on Wednesday after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari. Dingyadi stated that the salary…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Government has stated that it will place the United Kingdom, Canada and Saudi Arabia on a red list over the outbreak and spread of Coronavirus’ Omicron variant. The President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration say it will also stop airlines from those countries coming into Nigeria in retaliation for the three nations…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has reduced Emirates Airlines’ flight operations to Abuja airport from daily to once per week. In a letter dated December 9 and addressed to the country manager, Emirates Airlines, Nigeria, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said that the new schedule becomes effective on Sunday, December 12, 2021. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.” U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday added Nigeria to the U.K.’s travel “red list,” which means that arrivals from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a 14-day paternity leave to make men properly bond with their newborn baby or adopted one. The paternity leave is for men in the federal civil service. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made available to Journalists…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has recalled its Ambassador in Indonesia as it reviews its bilateral relations with the country. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esther Sunsuwa, following a viral video which showed Indonesian immigration officials allegedly assaulting a Nigerian…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government is demanding punishment for Indonesian immigration officials who were filmed assaulting a Nigerian diplomat. Footage circulating on social media showed Abdulrahman Ibrahim, a consular officer based in Jakarta, being held down in a vehicle by several men. Nigeria called it “an egregious act of international delinquency by the Indonesian…