LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in Abuja. Abdullahi Abacha, the 36-year-old son of the late Nigerian military dictator, Sani Abacha, is dead. Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Twitter users, mostly Nigerians, trolled the President of war-ravaged Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after he congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, for winning the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Zelensky in a tweet on Thursday, while congratulating Tinubu, had said his country was ready to work with Nigeria to overcome global challenges including…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to punish its officials, including ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been found wanting in the conduct of the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at a meeting with Resident Electoral…
LAGOS March 5th (newsrangers)-Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on Saturday after boarding repatriation flights, fearful of a wave of violence since the president launched a tirade against migrants. Last month President Kais Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that “a criminal…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Former Minister of Justice of Nigeria, Michael Aondoakaa, has disclosed that according to the interpretation of the law by the Supreme Court concerning the presidential election and the status of Abuja, there should be a special status which should be given to Abuja on election matters. Michael Aondoakaa disclosed that when…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, has listed his plans for the state if elected in the forthcoming election. On March 11, Rhodes-Vivour will contest with Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the incumbent and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and Abdul-Azeez Adediran of the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the March 11, Gubernatorial polls, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party and some opposition political parties are currently in negotiation for an alliance aimed at defeating the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State. The Senatorial candidate of the PDP, Lagos West Senatorial Districts, Segun Adewale, popularly called Aeroland and…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday granted the request of Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, request to inspect the election materials used during last Saturday’s presidential poll. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Atiku and Obi approached to Presidential Election…