LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, and to determine the levels of encroachment.” Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRAGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday called for the review of the allegations against Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. THEWILL writes that Kyari, who is the head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was linked to popular fraudster and…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has declared that it would review the January 18 earlier date fixed for resumption of schools across the country. Punch reports that the government on Monday, January 11, attributed the decision to the second wave of COVID-19 currently ravaging the country. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 24-hour curfew declared on October 20 was eased on Saturday with movement allowed from 8am to 6pm. However, the hours have been reviewed and movement is now allowed from 6am to 8pm, while schools in the state will remain closed. Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information and strategy, in a statement on…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to consider a comprehensive review of the power privatisation policy with a view to reversing the current arrangement. The red chamber said Nigerians would not enjoy stable power supply in the next 10 years if the activities of the distribution companies were not reviewed…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday said the directive on the relaxation of the lockdown would be reviewed this week. The national coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, disclosed this at the daily briefing of the task force. Aliyu said: “We continue to monitor closely some of the guidelines we’ve…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the application for review of its January 14 judgement which sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma in his stead. The apex court ruled against the application six-to-one. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, led…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court, again, on Monday adjourned till Tuesday the hearing of the application seeking the review of its judgment which upturned the outcome of the last governorship election in Imo State. The Peoples Democratic Party’s Emeka Ihedioha, is by his application filed on February 5, 2020, seeking the review of the…
