LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Tuesday for the screening of former President Goodluck Jonathan as its lone presidential aspirant. Naija News reports that the party listed former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, former Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom Ikimi, among…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th June 2024 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Aishetu Gogo Ndayako in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The announcement confirmed the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unions representing Nigeria’s government workers have announced they will go on strike starting next week to demand pay raises and to protest the austerity measures of the West African nation’s newly elected government. The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress, which represent hundreds of thousands of government workers across key…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Banks in Nigeria have issued a notice to embark on a two-day nationwide strike. The banks said financial services would be withdrawn on September 5 and 6, 2023. The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees gave the directive in a memo dated September 2, 2023, signed by the union’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, grace the 63rd independence anniversary celebration of the Republic of Benin. The confirmation came via a statement released by Presidential Spokesman Dele Alake on Monday. As the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court will on Tuesday give its verdict on the appeal brought before it by the immediate past governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his party, the All Progressives Congress. The court is expected to seat by 2 pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Oyetola and the APC had challenged the judgement of…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims across the country to look for the new moon of Shawwal on Tuesday. The Deputy Secretary-General, NSCIA, Prof. Salisu Shehu, said this on Saturday in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. NAN reports that besides…