LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial transactions involving her ministry, the president’s spokesperson said on Monday. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is the first minister to be suspended, less than six months after…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), has fined the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), N500 million over inaccuracy and irregularities in its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Council also suspended the FRC registration number- FRC/2017/CIANG/00000016699 of the NIMASA Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger’s membership in the wake of a military coup, but responded cautiously to a threatened military operation to restore its ousted president, as Nigerien TV said 12 soldiers were killed in a new attack by suspected jihadists. National guards carrying out an anti-jihadist…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duties escalation on locally manufactured products. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake announced this on…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the national legal adviser of the party, women leader and eleven chairmen for anti-party activities. The chairman of LP in Osun State, Comrade Bello Adebayo, speaking with newsmen in Osogbo capital of Osun State on Thursday, stated that the suspended executives of the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have reacted to the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, by President Bola Tinubu. It was earlier reported that the President suspended Bawa to allow for a proper investigation of the weighty allegations of abuse of office leveled against him. A statement issued…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE Organised Labour made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday agreed to suspend its planned strike scheduled to begin tomorrow to enable further negotiations with the Federal Government. This was part of the resolutions reached at the end of the meeting late…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC), Southeast Zone has ratified the suspension of some leaders of the party accused of anti-party activities in Enugu and Abia States. The Zonal Secretariat of the party stated that the ratification followed the South East Executive Meeting of the APC on April 16, 2023. National Vice Chairman…
