LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed militants. During an event Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu again vowed that the war would not end without Israel’s…
LAGOS NVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda and upheld a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. A five-judge panel at the UK’s highest court unanimously sided with Court of Appeal judges that the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s lower chamber of parliament has rejected the government’s plan to buy a presidential yacht for $6m (£5m), a senior lawmaker has said. Nigerians had criticised the plan as a waste of money on luxuries during an economic crisis. Lawmakers instead moved the $6m to the student loan budget, doubling its allocation,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court upholding the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the February 25, 2023 election. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, made the party’s position known in Abuja, shortly after the court…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria’s foreign minister on Tuesday proposed a six-month transitional plan for neighbouring Niger, whose coup leader seeks a far longer timeline back to democracy. Ahmed Attaf gave his suggested framework after a tour last week to three of Niger’s neighbouring countries in the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has threatened to send…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, confirmed 20 commissioner-nominees while 17 of the 39 nominees sent to the leadership of the House for confirmation by the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu were disqualified. The governor had on July 28, 2023, submitted names of 39 commissioner-nominees and special adviser to the House…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have thumbed down the N500bn palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu, stating that it is grossly inadequate to assuage the hardships confronting workers sequel to the fuel subsidy removal. They are demanding a 300 per cent salary increase to enable workers to cope…
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…