LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has begun a fresh electoral reform which has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt the much-awaited electronic voting method for future polls. The lawmakers also compelled INEC to operate an electronic database into which all results in an election should be transmitted. A bill to amend the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Friday said it was set to create legislation to punish individuals who indiscriminately defecate in the open. It said an Executive Order shall be signed in that effect by President Muhammadu Buhari soon to help reduce significantly or completely eradicate cases of open defecation in Nigeria. The Minister…
LAGOS NOVEMBE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria missed out on a chance to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games football tournament when they were held 0-0 by South Africa in Cairo on Friday. Unmarked Sunday Faleye wasted a great chance to snatch victory for the Nigerians in the final minute by heading a cross wide…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that only a revolution will save Nigeria and launch her into the league of countries towing the paths of development. Obi made the submission while speaking at Baze University, Abuja, on Wednesday. The former…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria and neighboring countries Benin and Niger have agreed to set up a joint border patrol force to tackle smuggling between the West African countries, they said in a communique on Thursday. Foreign ministers from the three countries met to discuss smuggling following a decision by regional giant Nigeria, which…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles on Wednesday beat the Squirrels of Benin Republic 2-1 in their opening Group L match of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Striker Stéphane Sessègnon opened the scoring after five minutes, before Lille’s Victor Osimhen levelled from the spot on the stroke of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bill to Establish a Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches on Tuesday bounced back in the Senate. The Bill titled, “National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches (Est, etc) Bill, 2019(SB.154) and sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, All Progressives Congress, APC,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy governorship candidate for the Bayelsa governorship election has been disqualified for the forthcoming Guber poll. Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, disqualified the APC Deputy governorship candidate in the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State, South-south Nigeria on Tuesday. Justice…