Archive for: August, 2018

Man Begins Trek From Lagos To Abuja In Protest Against Buhri’s Re-Election

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle-aged Nigerian man, Isa Mohammed Munlaila pictured above with a box on his head, today began trekking from Lagos to Abuja to kick against the 2nd term ambition of President Buhari. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos as he embarked on his journey, Munlaila said Nigerian youths were angry with Buhari for […]

2019: APC Denies Publicised Timetable For Primaries

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it has not released the timetable for State, National Assembly, Governorship and Presidential primaries, as it is being reported in a section of the media. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while […]

Group Demands Unconditional Release Of 114 Detained Igbo Women (SEE CHARGES AND NAMES)

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) is calling on the Nigerian Government and the Government of Imo State, to “as a matter of uttermost immediacy and importance, to discontinue, withdraw and discharge all the 10-count spurious charges of “treasonable felony”, “conspiracy to commit treasonable felony”, “terrorism”, […]

Shocking: Mikel Obi Withdraws From AFCON Qualifier

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel has withdrawn his name from contention for the Super Eagles’ squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles next month. Mikel, who captained the side at the World Cup in Russia earlier this year, will not travel to the island nation from his base in […]

Trump: ‘If I Ever Got Impeached, I Think The Market Would Crash’

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump believes the market wouldn’t react well if he were to be impeached. “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash,” Trump told Fox News. “I think everybody would be very poor. Because without this thinking you would see, you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe […]

Buhari Commends Airport Security Men For Returning Missing Bag Containing Dollars, Other Valuables

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed the belief that despite the scoffing of a minority number, Nigeria is resolutely on the road to a new dawn. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted the President as saying this while commending two security men who returned […]

Gunmen Rain Bullets At Akpabio’s Residence While In A Meeting

LAGOS AUGUS 23RD (NESRANGERS)-Attempts by unknown gunmen to attack the Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area residence of the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Akpabio yesterday night was repelled by policemen attached to the former Senate Minority Leader. Eye witness account said the Senator was holding political meetings on Tuesday […]

Corruption: Ex-Brazilian Soccer Boss Sentence To 4 Years Imprisonment In U.S.

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A former President of Brazil’s Soccer Federation was sentenced on Wednesday by a U.S. judge to four years in prison after being convicted on corruption charges related to the bribery scandal at FIFA, the sport’s governing body. Jose Maria Marin, 86, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge, Pamela Chen, in Brooklyn, New […]

Fitness: Nigerians React To Buhari’s Trekking Theory

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Tuesday dismissed statement by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal that President Muhammadu Buhari was too old to seek a second term in 2019. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, refuted Tambuwal’s statement, saying that the 800 metres trek embarked upon by the president […]

E.K. Clark Insists On Restructuring Of Nigeria

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edwin Clark, a former Federal Commissioner of Information, on Wednesday stressed that restructuring remains the solution to Nigeria’s prevailing security challenges. The elder statesman made this point while faulting the centralised security architecture in the country which he said could not avert, or respond swiftly to security issues in all parts of […]

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