LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, “erroneously” amended the sixth edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, the chairman of the National Broadcasting Commission board, Ikra Bilbis, has said. The minister while unveiling the reviewed code on August 4 in Lagos had said the amendments were necessitated by a presidential directive,…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaneshie District Court on Tuesday sentenced Isaiah Chima, 31-year-old Nigerian, to six months imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to register in the ongoing Ghana voters’ registration. Chima, a tailor, pleaded guilty to attempt to register as a voter contrary to Section 24 (a) of CI. Election Regulation 1995 and was…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government of Nigeria has dismissed claims that it has banned the ongoing reality show in the country, saying the reports are mere speculations. It will be recalled that reports came from social media that the Minister of Information and Cultural Orientation, Alhaji Laim Mohamed, has ordered that the programme be…
Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo . LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Fellow ignoramus . Oh sorry I mean fellow compatriots . Before the slip I was going to ask you the following questions and demand for your sincere answers . How many of us know the origin and meaning of the word constitution ? How many…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to the news of the acting MD of Niger Delta Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, fainting during interrogation by the National Assembly. It will be recalled that the House of Representative had set up a committee to look into the case of misappropriation of funds at the agency…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have reacted to the story of Nigeria police dumping the corpse of an accident victim by the road side after the body was rejected by the mortuary management of three hospitals in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The officers of the Nigerian Police Force in Abuja were reported to have…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has raised questions concerning the award of N30b contract to a Nigerian company. HEDA had obtained details indicating that the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) awarded a contract to Bulet International Limited, a company alleged owned by Ismaila Isa…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday explained why the Federal Government should subsidise electricity for Nigerians The electricity distribution companies of Nigeria had on Monday told the National Assembly leadership that the only condition to halt tariff hike was for the Federal Government to bear the difference between the current tariff and the proposed…
