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…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Famed illustrator John McLusky worked with James Bond’s author, Ian Fleming to draw a Daily Express newspaper strip with stories like Casino Royale, From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only, Goldfinger, Dr. No, and many more classics – years before the films came out. John McLusky drew the first publicly seen…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, has said the issue he recently had with alleged identity theft in the United Kingdom started in Nigeria. Obi, however, added that the matter was still being investigated by UK authorities. He disclosed this on Sunday while speaking as…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, 71, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s president after winning the country’s most competitive election since the end of military rule in 1999. Widely credited with reshaping Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, Mr Tinubu saw off a divided opposition party and a youth-backed third-party candidate in February’s election. Defeated candidates Atiku…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a grueling electioneering process that spanned months, Nigeria now has a new President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces who will steer the ship of the country for the next four years. He is 71-year-old Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was inaugurated as Nigeria’s President on Monday,…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ifeanyi Okowa, outgoing governor of Delta state, has spoken on the accusations of betrayal levelled against him regarding the southern presidency agenda. In the build-up to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary in May 2022, some stakeholders demanded that the presidential ticket be zoned to the south. However, the party ditched zoning, throwing the…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerians have taken to social media to denounce the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of tomorrow’s inauguration, saying he’s not their president. The PUNCH reports that the move by some Nigerians on social media followed the comments by the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare,…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of tomorrow’s swearing-in of the President Elect, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Peter Obi, has urged his supporters and citizens in general to remain calm and law abiding, as only the court of law will decide the actual winner of the poll…
