LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The World Bank has cautioned Nigeria and other emerging economies against raising electricity tariffs. The Bank, in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook forecast, argued that such steps will push inflation in 2022, adding that prices of electricity, which peaked at 80 per cent this year compared to 2020, will remain high next…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the incessant use of sexual enhancement drugs. According to the regulatory body, the excessive use of drugs in this category may lead to stroke or sudden death, a statement from the Director-General of the agency, Professor…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has warned political parties against attempts to foist Muslim President and Muslim vice president on the country. The President of PFN, Wale Oke, said this on Monday night at the grand finale of a five-day Zoe World Congress tagged, ‘Zoe Worship…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The United Kingdom government has warned its citizens in Nigeria against visiting Delta State and eleven other states in Nigeria over possible terror attacks. The advisory from the UK through its Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) followed concerns on the possibility of terrorists carrying out attacks in Nigeria. In a statement published…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations on Wednesday warned that public and private actors are intervening against online content in ways that curtail rights and muzzle criticism. “You see a digital world that is unwelcoming and frequently unsafe for people trying to exercise their rights,” said Peggy Hicks of the UN Rights Office in Geneva….
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has warned the Senate against confirming the appointment of a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission to avoid controversy. Jega also said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), could withdraw Onochie’s…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Government has warned that the rise in conflicts can destabilise Nigeria’s democracy in the run-up to the 2023 elections. This is even as governors on the platform of Nigeria Governors’ Forum have declared that the level of insecurity across parts of the country is not only eroding citizens’ safety and…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group seeking a separate homeland for the ethnic Igbo people of Nigeria’s southeast demanded ‘justice and fair hearing’ on Wednesday after their leader Nnamdi Kanu was detained. The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face trial, the authorities announced Tuesday. The…