LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has raised the fear that except something urgent is done, about 39.4 million Nigerians may be jobless by the end of the year as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also expressed the fear that millions more may slide into extreme poverty before the pandemic…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says the restriction of movement in several states across the country will remain as long as experts find it necessary. Buhari had ordered a 14-day lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory to contain the spread of coronavirus. Some state governments had also declared curfew to restrict…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed concern over the plight of daily wage workers due to the lockdown, and is making plans to provide succour to them. This was disclosed earlier today by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who also serves as the Head of the Economic Sustainability Committee that was recently set up by…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has denied reports that he was sacked from office on allegations of corrupt practices. Dakuku who held a closed door meeting with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo in Abuja, last Friday, said the non- renewal of…