LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish president Mary Robinson, has cleared the beleaguered leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB) of corruption, according to a report obtained by AFP. Akinwumi Adesina, 60, a charismatic speaker known for his elegant suits and bow ties, became the first Nigerian to helm…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cross-section of senior Benin chiefs on Sunday, rejected efforts by the sacked National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to drag them into partisan politics, urging the APC candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu to try out his luck at the poll, come September 19, 2020. According to the chiefs, their traditional…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian international, Musa Nosa Kadiri, has passed away at the age of 53 in New York. A source said Kadiri, ex- Flying Eagles star, went into a coma after falling from his apartment which caused bleeding in the brain. SaharaReporters gathered that he died on Friday. A statement says his funeral…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is missing as Muhammadu Buhari named some railway stations after some ‘Deserving Nigerians’. On Monday, Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, announced that the president had given approval that stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors should be named in honour of some of the nation’s leaders. Bola Tinubu,…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has withdrawn the registration certificate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and other socio-cultural groups in Nigeria. Disclosing this at the weekend in Abuja, the Registrar General of CAC, Mr Garba Abubakar, said the measure was part of the reforms the Commission was…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, says the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the long years of leadership failure in Nigeria. He said this on Saturday during a webinar organised by the Bridge Leadership Foundation. Obi, who was the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, said…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole; on Sunday held a prayer session with the APC members in Benin, Edo State, begging God to help them defeat Governor Godwin Obaseki who is up for re-election in September. Oshiomhole, who was governor from 2008 to 2016, was instrumental…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Google News Initiative Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) has announced it is supporting 16 Nigerian publications with funding. Launched in April, the JERF serves to help local publishers facing financial hardship as a result of the economic and advertising downturn. “JERF has provided $39.5m in funding to publishers in 115 countries…
