LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the repressive bill for an act to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, which seeks to regulate the activities of bloggers operating within the ‘territorial boundaries…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a landmark move that sets a new benchmark for customer-focused banking in Nigeria, Sterling Bank has championed the cancellation of bank transfer fees by major banks, announcing it will no longer take any money for itself for any local online transactions by its customers. The announcement made on April 1 initially…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, begging it to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from selling off all the properties seized from her. The erstwhile minister in the legal action she filed through a team of lawyers, led by…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has appealed to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Anambra State governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola and former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai also…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, yesterday, called on all stakeholders in the party not to contemplate allowing the former Vice President and presidential candidate of the party in 2019 and 2023, Atiku Abubakar, to again emerge as the flag bearer in 2027. George, in a…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, praised the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). He commended them for rescuing Mrs. Folashade Odumosu, wife of retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu. Mrs. Odumosu was abducted on January 16 in Arepo, Ogun State. The kidnappers dragged her from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In this season of Christmas, I join the entire Christendom to celebrate the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. May we take a moment to remind ourselves of the true spirit of Christmas, which is a season of love, peace, and kindness – such values that are more important to us now…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of State for Defence, H.E. Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle MON, has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his robust economic policies and reforms, which are yielding significant positive results for the nation. According to Matawalle, these initiatives are contributing to a turnaround in the economy that will benefits all…