LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Tuesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. HURIWA predicated its call on what it termed “overwhelming evidence of monetary inducements and the failure of officials to stop same.” In a statement to the…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on an amended 39-count bordering on fraud. Kalu, who is now a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the 2019 general elections will be costing about 242.4 billion Naira. The President said this on Tuesday in a letter sent to the National Assembly, seeking that the funds be drawn from the 2018 and 2019 budgets. In the letter he explained that implementing a budget…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Klaus Struilesma of a company called Cownexxion has indicated the interest of the organization in building cattle ranches in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by the special adviser media to the president, Femi Adesina, when President Muhammadu Buhari met with Chief Executive Officers of Dutch companies Monday on the sidelines…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Muiz Banire as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Banire is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President also appointed the chairman and 12 commissioners of the Federal…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United States Consul General F. John Bray has affirmed that no fewer than 11,710 students from Nigeria are currently studying in the United States. John Bray who made the revelation on Tuesday in Lagos during pre-departure orientation for Nigerian students heading to U.S. to Study said out of the total, 49.5% are…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France President Emmanuel Macron pose like the legendary Nigerian icon Fela Kuti after the world cup victory. The picture has sparked debates online as regards his controversial hand victory sign, which bares a resemblance to the legendary Fela Kuti. So many internet users , wonders if his visit to the Fela shrine…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disowned a recent gloating tweet that announced the imminent revival of a criminal case against outgoing Governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose. In a statement on Monday night , spokesman of the commission , Mr Wilson Uwujaren , said the “purported tweet does not represent the…