LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Dan Amar of Dutse and district head of Basirka (Hakimi Basirka) in Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammed Suleiman, died alongside his two children in an accident on Basirka Gwaram road, while on their way to Gwaram on Thursday. His wife and two of his children survived the accident, according to the Sarkin…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The son of King Sunny Ade, the ace Juju music maestro, George Folarin Adegeye, has been declared the winner of the Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency seat in Lagos as the candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The politician’s mother was Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, the late wife of Sunny Ade, who was also a…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday finally admitted that the implementation of its painstaking plans for last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election came with some unforeseen challenges. Its chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the confession in his remarks at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) held in Abuja on…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in Abuja. Abdullahi Abacha, the 36-year-old son of the late Nigerian military dictator, Sani Abacha, is dead. Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Twitter users, mostly Nigerians, trolled the President of war-ravaged Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after he congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, for winning the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Zelensky in a tweet on Thursday, while congratulating Tinubu, had said his country was ready to work with Nigeria to overcome global challenges including…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to punish its officials, including ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been found wanting in the conduct of the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at a meeting with Resident Electoral…
LAGOS March 5th (newsrangers)-Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on Saturday after boarding repatriation flights, fearful of a wave of violence since the president launched a tirade against migrants. Last month President Kais Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that “a criminal…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Former Minister of Justice of Nigeria, Michael Aondoakaa, has disclosed that according to the interpretation of the law by the Supreme Court concerning the presidential election and the status of Abuja, there should be a special status which should be given to Abuja on election matters. Michael Aondoakaa disclosed that when…
