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 OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has described the scrapping of Niger Delta Ministry by President Bola Tinubu as wrong decision. The erudite legal luminary ascribed the scrapping of the Ministry to throwing away the baby and the bath water. Recall that President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reshuffled his cabinet, relieving several ministers of their duties based on a performance review driven by public perception. According to Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, this decision followed a careful assessment process led by Hadiza Bala Usman, the President’s Social…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu and Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. He said the decisions were taken at the meeting of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerian motorists to either buy petrol at N1000 or the compressed Natural Gas (CNG) at N200. The President said this during a meeting with the company’s executive on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja. He also praised NIPCO’s contributions to the nation’s energy transition efforts, particularly its…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has hailed Nigerians who trooped to the streets in protest against the government of his main opponent in the last general election. Daily Trust reports that Atiku ran against President Bola Tinubu in last year’s election but came second. Stunned by thousands of storks flying over the sky…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of the implementation of the Samoa Agreement, which was signed by the federal government on June 28. This decision follows the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Sani Madaki, the minority whip, and 87 other lawmakers. During the motion’s…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian singer Eedris Abdulkareem has criticised Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the senior pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, over his silence on the hardship in the country. Eedris, in a newly released satirical song titled ‘Emilokan’, accused Adeboye of hypocrisy in the face of the hardship confronting Nigerians under Tinubu’s…