LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Thursday denied reports that the Federal Government was proposing N105,000 as the new minimum wage. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the report as false. The report followed the presentation of the cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu is considering a six months suspension of the collection of taxes, levies or charges in business of few sectors of the economy. Recipients of the tax suspension will include Okada riders, transporters of goods, fuel transporters, wheelbarrow and cart pushers, shops owners, market traders, amongst others. This was contained…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has reacted to allegations of inciting the people from the Federal Government over his position that the trillions of Naira Coastal Highway Project is not a priority in today’s Nigeria. Obi, who insisted that his position on it remains, said…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, has predicted that with the success so far recorded by President Bola Tinubu administration’s intervention in the foreign exchange market and the refineries resuming full operations, a stronger Naira should be achieved in the first quarter of 2025. Ngelale, who made the projection in a brief made available…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months after the suspension of Dr. Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Presidency have left Nigerians in the dark on the next line of action, Daily Trust reports. Findings by our correspondent at the weekend revealed that the…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Office of the President of Nigeria has rejected European Union (EU) report on the May 2023 General Election. Recalled that in its final report on the Nigerian elections, the globally acclaimed body said trust in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had been severely damaged, especially as a result of the failure…
Ikechukwu Amaechi LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It was obvious to all discerning minds from the get-go that the 2023 elections would be like no other. However, even the most perceptible of political observers could never have imagined the breadth of the incongruities, if not outright illogicalities, that are underpinning the contest. The ironies are as breathtaking…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Agitators from the Niger Delta have backed and pledged their support for Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, in the upcoming general elections. Obi was referred to as the emblem of a new Nigeria in a statement issued by the coalition of agitators, which was co-signed by some of…