LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its earlier decision on the Electoral Act amendment in which it had rejected the mandatory electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IREV) after vote counting. The upper chamber consequently re-amended the Electoral Act to accommodate…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has expressed a change in perception about the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing him as “a great potential President or VP.” In a statement on Monday via X, Bashir admitted that his previous negative views about Obi were influenced…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has faulted the plans by the federal government to purchase four new scanners for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The NSC is planning to purchase scanners, while refusing to repair the existing ones. However, the same committee had earlier okayed the purchase of the scanners…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, has dropped a lawsuit he filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge his sacking by the varsity’s Governing Council. The suit, marked NICN/LA/278/2020, had as defendants: UNILAG; the varsity’s Council; its Senate; Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN); Registrar, Oladejo Azeez; and…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane conveying Nigerian citizens from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby mid-air. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known on Wednesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had said 265 Nigerians would arrive in Lagos from Dubai…