LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday night paid a courtesy visit to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja. Kwankwaso arrived at Atiku’s residence at 8.30pm and went into a closed-door meeting with the former Vice President. The details of their meeting…
LAGOS JUNE 24H (NEWRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that there will be no use of the electronic voting system in the 2019 general elections. Professor Yakubu said this on Friday while addressing participants at the International Press Institute world conference which took place in Abuja. “There is…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State has been elected as National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at the party’s national convention holding at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The former labour union leader, the sole candidate for the position following the withdrawal of two other prominent…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has adopted “Progress” as its new slogan and dumped “Change”, which it used to assume power in 2015. Though the party is yet to formally amend its constitution to this effect, one of the announcers at Saturday’s ongoing convention of the party announced the change. “I…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a free for all at the stands of Delta and Imo States at the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Saturday. The fight broke out towards the time the “Unity List” for the congress was released. The Unity List contained the names…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A senator from Abia State, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja on Friday. Abaribe chairs the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy. Although the reason for the arrest of the legislator is unknown, he is popular as a strong critic of the…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned until September 27 for judgment in a suit by Aiteo Energy Resources Ltd against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The oil and gas firm sued EFCC, one of its investors, Iliyasu Kwabi and the Attorney-General of the Federation for N10 billion. The…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Commission says it will soon visit projects abandoned by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, stated this when a delegation of the National Association of Niger-Delta Students visited him in Abuja on Thursday. Spokesman of the commission. Wilson Uwujaren, reported the…