LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye is reportedly down with kidney failure. According to The Nation, Dariye is hospitalised at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada. Dariye was sent to a 14-year jail term (later reduced to 10 years) by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court presided over by Justice…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thugs have besieged Gombe attacking the convoy of the Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, and set two cars among the entourage ablaze. The Director of Media of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council in the state, Mr. Dahiru Kera, confirmed this to journalists yesterday. According to him, the thugs attacked the…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four American tourists and a Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in a lake in northwest Kenya, police said Monday. The accident occurred in the Central Island National Park in Lake Turkana on Sunday evening, police said in a statement. “There were five people on board,…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGRS)-Leaders of various ethnic groups across the country have expressed their support for the defeated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar to seek redress in the law courts. The leaders under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Ohananeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, Niger Delta…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD(NEWSRANGERS)-Prophet Udoka Daniel Okechukwu who repeatedly prophesied that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, would win the 2019 presidential election has rejected the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He alleged that the election was rigged and contrary to the actual outcome of the polls…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the governors of Imo and Ogun States, Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, confirmed this to Channels Television on Friday. According to him, the NWC suspended the governors following the allegations of…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says the next four years will be tough as his administration pursues its campaign promises of securing the nation, growing the economy and fighting corruption. “My last lap of four years, I think is going to be tough,” he said. He further explained that throughout his campaigns he stressed…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States (US) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his successful re-election as President of Nigeria. US in a Press Statement signed by Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC, made available to NewsRangers via email equally commended all those Nigerians who participated peacefully in the election and condemned those…