LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Newly inaugurated president, Bola Tinubu, lost his balance on stage during Monday’s inauguration ceremony, and needed assistance. Immediately after reciting the national anthem, Tinubu turned away from the podium, and took some laboured steps. A uniformed officer grabbed him by the waist, and kept him upright, then turned him back around to…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several countries on Monday formally presented their goodwill messages and letters of support and solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The letters were presented to the president by the special envoys and heads of missions of the countries after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria….
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A top-ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi was conspicuously absent at the inauguration of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th President on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. However, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers, was spotted at the…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two male police officers on Monday slumped during the inauguration ceremony of the new governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas. The policemen who slumped during a parade were immediately moved out of the stadium for emergency medical checks. At the time of filing this report, the officers being treated in a makeshift…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of DAAR Communications and African Independent Television (AIT) Raymond Dokpesi is dead. Dokpesi died on Monday, May 29 2023, his son Raymond Dokpesi jnr said in a statement. “High Chief Dokpesi was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him,”…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to burry political differences and join him in a new journey of healing, nation-building and economic prosperity. In his inaugural address after taking the oaths of office and allegiance administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kayode Ariwoola, at the Eagles Square, Abuja,…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A podium at the Sani Abacha Stadium where dignitaries were seated during the inauguration of the new Kano State governor, Abba Kabir, has collapsed. PREMIUM TIMES witnessed the podium collapsing shortly after Mr Kabir was sworn in and delivered an inauguration speech. He was about to leave the podium to the VIP…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Teeming supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) booed the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, at the Sani Abacha Stadium, venue of the inauguration ceremony for the new governor. Immediately, the first-class monarch arrived the venue, angry crowed started shouting on top of their voices. A similar treatment was…
