LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the presidential election. This is coming from the UK Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the President the winner of the keenly contested poll on Wednesday. She said, “I offer…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China on Wednesday applauded President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election as President of Nigeria. Nigeria is China’s strategic partner of cooperation in Africa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily news conference in Beijing. “China always attaches high importance to bilateral ties and stands ready to work with the new…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A nightmare came true for one family in Florida when a plane fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a home. The pilot of the flight was killed, but a trainee pilot and eight people inside the home all walked away with minor injuries. “It was the day of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Late German fashion icon, Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette, is reportedly set to inherit some of 200 million dollars fortune after he named her ‘in his will’. According to BBC News, “It has emerged that the iconic Chanel designerwho died at the age of 85 on Tuesday, left some of his $200m (£153m)…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Chairman of the United States House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Representative Chris Smith, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari over the delay in conducting 2019 general election. In a statement issued yesterday, he said: “Responsibility for the delay of Nigeria’s presidential election lays squarely with President Muhammadu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 16 states have joined together in a lawsuit against President Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a multi-billion dollar wall across the Mexican border. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco and claims that the president does not have power to divert funds because Congress controls…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro rejected an international ultimatum to call elections within eight days and said opposition leader Juan Guaido violated the constitution by declaring himself interim leader. Israel on Sunday joined a growing list of countries led by the United States that back Guaido’s claim to the presidency on the basis…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With twenty three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections and thirty seven days to the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, the British High Commission in Abuja has reaffirmed its strong support for free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria. In statedment made available to NewsRangers, the British government said they…