By Olawale Rasheed LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian democratic experiment has passed through several phases.The turbulence of the polity can be demoralizing and the contestation can be truly ungodly.In the brickbat of power struggle at times emerged shining light to which all political warlords embrace even when they share different political orientations.The September 2018 governorship election…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to the rumour going round that he is at present in Kano and meddling in the Kano elections. “Asiwaju is not in Kano and has not been in Kano at any point during the conduct of these elections. The picture…
LAGOS MARH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government’s authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime – potentially even years – after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies. The court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines, with its conservative…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a rush to beat the 21 days deadline provided by the Electoral Act, lawyers to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday evening, stormed the tribunal to lodge a petition against President Muhammadu Buhari. The Independent National Electoral Commission had on February 27, declared…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Three-year-old survival of the recent building collapse at Ita Faji on Lagos Island, Kabiru Sasore, Monday said he is afraid of going to school again. He said he was eating in his class when he suddenly heard a loud sound, thinking it was a bomb. “I was eating in my class…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten students have so far been mulled down and several others severely wounded in the raging cult war rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, in Imo State. The killings carried out by rival cult groups on vengeance mission, have been going on unchecked for one week. Victims were either shot or clubbed to…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has sent words of sympathy to the families of the victims of the collapsed building in Ita Faji, Lagos. Adams, in a statement he personally signed on Friday, expressed sadness over the death of the pupils in the ill-fated building. He said: “I…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NESRANGERS)-The Imam of one of the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques attacked by a terrorist on Friday is a Nigerian. Lateef Alabi who is the Linwood mosque’s acting Imam was leading the congregation in prayers on the fateful day when terrorist Brenton Tarrant struck. Alabi said the death toll would have been far…