LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali must return to civilian rule immediately and hold elections within 12 months, West African countries demanded Friday, as they considered sanctions over a military coup that toppled the country’s president. The demands were spelt out after the new junta released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, seized in the August 18 coup,…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City appear favourites to sign Lionel Messi, should he leave Barcelona. Messi has sensationally handed in a transfer request at Camp Nou. City are reportedly stepping up their chase as Pep Guardiola looks to reunite with the six-time Ballon d’Or winner. Manchester City are ready to offer £89million (€100m) plus Bernardo…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than fourteen politicians have died in a fatal road accident along Gusau – Zaria road while some politicians were allegedly rushing to meet up with the state Governor’s convoy. The accident which occurred on Wednesday saw three vehicles colliding with a BUA cement trailer. It was gathered that fourteen of…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Karim Keita, the son of deposed Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who became a focus of public anger over his lifestyle, has fled to a “neighbouring country”, sources familiar with his whereabouts told AFP Thursday. “He left Mali two days ago by road,” said a Malian MP close to Karim, who had…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Akinwunmi Adesina on his re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), while expressing hopes that his second tenure in the position will yield more blessing to Nigeria and Africa in general. Obi,…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected for a second tenure. Presidential aide Lauretta Onochie announced this on Thursday via Twitter, thanking President Muhammadu Buhari for his support. “Our very own Akinwumi Akin Adesina has been reaffirmed as the President of the African Development Bank,” she wrote….
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has asked MultiChoice to suspend its planned increase in tariff which will take effect from September 1, saying it is hostile to Nigerians who are currently going through harsh economic conditions, Daily Independent reports. The government also said the company did not consult with it before the decision was…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has been unanimously appointed as the new Council Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, thirty years after he left the position. The appointment was announced on Tuesday after meeting by the governing council of the Institute held at its chamber,…
