LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has declared that governors lack the constitutional authority to suspend or remove local government chairmen from office. Fagbemi made the declaration while addressing journalists on Wednesday. His comments were in response to questions about the recent actions of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Adesina, former spokesperson to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has stated that his principal refrained from removing the petrol subsidy during his administration out of concern for its impact on “ordinary” Nigerians. In a tribute marking Buhari’s 82nd birthday on Tuesday, Adesina highlighted that the former president’s decisions were deeply influenced by his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has denied being behind the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria. Speaking on Friday at a press briefing on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, United States, Abebe Selassie, IMF’s African Region Director, described the decision to remove fuel subsidy…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Federal Government to completely phase out electricity subsidy in the country as a result of the hardship Nigerians are facing since the removal of fuel subsidy in May 2023. The Bretton Woods Institution made this recommendation as the mechanism for Nigeria to restore macroeconomic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government in conjunction with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Police began strict enforcement operations on all illegally parked or abandoned trailers within Apapa and its environs. In a statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq explained that the decision which…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A support group in the All Progressives Congress, The Confederation of All APC Support Groups, on Sunday, said only God can unseat President Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. The group said this during a press conference in Kaduna. The press briefing was organised in response to the criticism of the last presidential…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Mr Edieke Jumbo has dragged the PRO of his Branch, Mr Uboho Atang to court over his removal from the Branch Whatsapp platform. Mr. Atang who is the PRO of the Ikot Ekpene Branch of the NBA and the Administrator of the branch Whatsapp chat platform was accused of…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-According to a news that was published by The Guardian Newspaper online, it was reported that some stakeholders in the maritime industry, have expressed happiness due to the removal of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, as they called for his probe for the destruction of trade…