LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will sell all assets seized by the government in anti-graft probes and use the funds to bolster the treasury, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. Nigerian state coffers have in past years been ransacked by government officials and their associates, and corruption is prevalent throughout society. Buhari was elected in 2015…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi has reiterated that Nigerians must quickly search for a leader that will unite the country along the line of common citizenship and nationalistic objective, rather than the one with the tendency to further escalate the current misgivings among the divergent ethnic groups in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared that the Force is ready for the 2019 general election. He spoke in Lagos at the weekend during a book presentation. “We are prepared for the elections. We have the men and we have the equipment to carry out our duties successfully before, during and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, alive or dead. Buratai gave the charge at Camp Zairo, the former Command and Control Centre of the terrorists group in the Sambisa forest during an operational visit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan played host to one of his predecessors in office on Sunday and described the event as a unique opportunity. Obasanjo was on a two-day visit to Jonathan’s Otuoke country-home in Bayelsa State. Jonathan said the visit afforded him a unique opportunity to host the former president. Jonathan spoke…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, is to play the role of Chief Guest of Honour at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the multi-purpose Editors’ Plaza, a project of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) scheduled for Thursday, March 1, 2018 in the Guzape District of Abuja….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After about five years’ absence, the Catholic Church has returned to the Christian Association of Nigeria. This was revealed on Sunday by the President of CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle. Ayolunle’s Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, said the CAN president was excited about the return of the Catholic Church….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A faction of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kaduna state has suspended the governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, for six months. The governor’s suspension is coming three days after the faction, known as Kaduna Restoration Group, issued him a query and suspended three of his aides. The party faction led…