LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and at least 30 other political parties in the opposition Monday announced the signing of a MoU and formation of an alliance with a new name – Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP). The announcement was made at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised students of Crowther Memorial College, Umuikwu Anam on the virtues of persistence and staying focused always even in times of great odds. He spoke during his visit to the school, which highpoint was the presentation of a cheque of N1 million…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has disowned the purported exemption certificate in possession of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. The NYSC was reacting to the exclusive story published by PREMIUM TIMES at on Saturday detailing how Mrs Adeosun skipped the mandatory national service and forged an exemption certificate of the…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Youth Council has called of the Federal Government to commence the steps to implement the core recommendations of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee’s report on Restructuring, Power Devolution and True Federalism. The Secretary-General of the IYC (Worldwide), Alfred Kemepado, said in a statement made available toNewsRangers on Monday…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has commended a former PDP Chairmanship aspirant, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja for withdrawing his suit challenging the its national convention, which produced Prince Uche Secondus as National Chairman in the December 2017 convention. The governor in a…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military command says it has handed to the government and the United Nations more than 180 former child soldiers who had been arrested or rescued in various military operations in Nigeria’s northeast. Commander Nicholas Rogers said Monday during the handover ceremony in Maiduguri that the children were former Boko Haram fighters…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the Arewa Youth Forum on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari does not deserve any endorsement for the 2019 presidency. Reacting to a purported endorsement by some serving All Progressives Congress’s lawmakers from the Northwest in Kaduna, the AYF’s National President, Alhaji Gambo Gujungu, said Buhari was not fit to…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Arsenal right back Emmanuel Eboue was arrested on Saturday. Eboue, who played for the Gunners between 2005 and 2011, was spoken to by Metropolitan Police regarding an allegation of arson in Enfield. A statement published by the Met read: ‘Police investigating an alleged arson at a residential address in Enfield on…
