LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have resolved to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal which yesterday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the state congresses conducted by the David Mark-led caretaker leadership of the party. The ADC and Atiku expressed the…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Akure, the capital of Ondo, has barred Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of the state, from seeking another term in office in 2028. Toyin Adegoke, the presiding judge, on Thursday, ruled that allowing the governor to contest again would violate the constitutional limit on the tenure of the elected…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has officially declared that there will be no increase in petroleum product prices at the present moment. A Twitter post from the Nigerian Television Authority read: “The presidency says there is no increase in petroleum product prices at this time as the President is convinced based on the information before…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England….
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America. The Judge in a judgment on Monday held that the Extradition request filed by the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP and 185…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank is halting dollar sales to exchange bureaus, saying they have become conduits for graft and illicit flows of money. “It is a huge hemorrhage on our scarce foreign exchange reserves and it cannot continue,” the bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday. The decision by the central bank, which…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With Wednesday approval N2.3 trillion Nigerian Economy Sustainability Plan by the Federal Executive Council, the Federal Government has stopped what it called non-critical and administrative capital spending, including the purchase of vehicles. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a document tagged, “What you…