LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ben Murray-Bruce, the Senator representing Bayelsa East district has cited a major problem with 2019 budget presented to National Assembly on Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari. Bruce in a series of tweets on Saturday, said the amount proposed for servicing debts borrowed by the Buhari’s government in three years was a serious…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has refuted claims that some cabal in Aso Rock have hijacked the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari. There are reports that a cabal has hijacked the campaign and that there was an intense plot to relegate members of the APC National Working Committee, NWC, in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday declared that the outcome of the 2019 presidential election will determine if the Southwest will produce president in 2023. Osinbajo, who pleaded that Yoruba should work for the success of President Buhari in 2019, maintained that it will take a very long time…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Nigeria Jaga Jaga dropped years ago, Nigeria as a country was under the throes of economic, social and security decadence, and the song which went ahead to become a national anthem of sorts succeeded in galvanizing the generality of the masses to stand up for their rights, as well as fight…
By Eyerin Bature LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is on record that the Amnesty Programme was created by late President Yar ‘Adua’s administration for the development, education and empowerment of hostile Niger Delta youths so as to create conducive environment for the production of oil which is the main source of Nigeria revenue. Since the creation…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-American congressman, Christopher Smith, who is also the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, has urged President Donald Trump to use his sanctioning authority to hold accountable any (Nigerian) official who subverts the 2019 electoral process or foment violence against citizens. He issued a statement concerning the 2019 general…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-Four stowaways armed with iron bars are threatening the crew of a cargo ship off the English coast and demanding to be taken ashore, a spokesman for the shipowner said. The spokesman for Grimaldi Lines, Paul Kyprianou, said they were discovered four days ago after the Grande Tema ship had set sail…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-One of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, Union Bank, on Friday night admitted ownership of a large consignment of cash which anti-graft operatives said they intercepted at the international airport in Enugu. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced in a statement Friday evening that two men were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International…
