LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja has reaffirmed the sack of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Senator Ubah was the lawmaker representing Anambra South district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. In a ruling on Friday, Justice Bello…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that 35 aides were not sacked from the Office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo but that they were redeployed to a new ministry. The President, who fielded questions from NTA State House Correspondent at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has broken its silence on why some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were asked to go saying President Muhammadu Buhari cut down the number of those working with his deputy to save the cost of governance. It would be recall that the appointments of some aides of the Vice President…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable tension in the seat of power, Aso Rock, over the alleged sack of 35 aides working with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. New Telegraph gathered that accusing fingers are being pointed at the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, as allegedly being behind the sack. The sack…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osun State government has directed its ministries, departments, and agencies to immediately implement the report of the panel that recommended sacking of the workers who secured employment with forged certificates. The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Jacob Adekomi, confirmed that 422 workers would be affected. He said the…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has disengaged over 2,000 beneficiaries of one of its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), N-Power. NSIP spokesman Justice Bibiye said the beneficiaries were dismissed for absconding duties at their places of primary assignment (PPA) for a long time. N-Power was introduced in 2016 by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Naspers’ pay-television business MultiChoice Group, owners of DSTV, is planning to lay off close to 2,200 workers in a shake-up of its customer care service, the company said on Friday. The axing will affect workers in South Africa. MultiChoice, which competes with Netflix in online streaming via Showmax, said in a statement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jose Mourinho is unlikely to be out of work for very long, after being sacked by Manchester United, with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, reportedly keen to bring him back to the Bernabeu. Mourinho was fired at Old Trafford on Tuesday morning, after overseeing United’s worst start to a Premier League season…