http://ift.tt/2zcdLWo Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The activities to articulate the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari kicked off with the official opening of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) national headquarters in Abuja Friday. It was a gathering of politicians comprising state governors, cabinet ministers, National Assembly members and government appointees, professionals, military personnel, appointees of…

http://ift.tt/2zUsiDf LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NESRANGERS)-The 32 national teams competing at the 2018 World Cup will share $400m (344 million euros) in prize money, a 12 percent increase from the 2014 tournament, FIFA said Friday. The purse at the previous edition in Brazil was $358m – $35m of which was awarded to champions Germany, with runners-up…

http://ift.tt/2xshnz1 Gowon LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-Ex-Head of state, General Yakubu Gowon has said that restructuring Nigeria is impossible. General Gowon said Nigeria’s restructuring is impossible because the country is made up of over 5000 ethnic groups with ethnic dialects and languages which would not allow each group to yield to another in terms of concession…

http://ift.tt/2zHQqYI Hameed Ali LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) yesterday said 3,665 vehicles have been seized between 2015 and 2017 with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N13.164 billion. The Customs boss also gave an update on the 18 vehicles seized in Abuja recently, saying 10 out of the…

http://ift.tt/2zHQrfe LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh said he has instructed his lawyers to review the issue of the subpoena ordered to be served on former president, Goodluck Jonathan to testify in his trial. In a statement, he personally signed yesterday; Metuh said the decision was due to…

http://ift.tt/2zHp8C0 LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Principal officers of the National Assembly were Thursday night denied access to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa for a dinner with President Muhammadu Buhari. It was gathered that the lawmakers who were conveyed by a coastal bus refused to alight for a security screening at the Pilot Gate of the Presidential…

http://ift.tt/2gLF1Dx LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday declared that he will never connive with anyone against former President Goodluck Jonathan. Metuh was reacting to a statement credited to the Save Ijaw Nation Group, where they claimed his appeal to an Abuja Federal High Court…

http://ift.tt/2zbA66E LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The Federal Government and Ogun State have initiated moves to immortalise the Afrobeat meastro, the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti by turning the family home in Abeokuta into a museum. It is to be named Heritage Museum. Consequently, the family house on NEPA road in Isabo, Abeokuta, is already wearing…