LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the Buhari administration of plotting to slam false charges on him, to pave the way for his indefinite detention. Obasanjo said this in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Friday saying he had been informed that the government was planning to use fake…
LAGOS JUNE 8H (NEWSRANGERS)-The mother of one of the missing Chibok girls sent a heartfelt plea Friday on her daughter’s 20th birthday: “Please wish her a happy birthday and remember her in your prayers.” Esther Yakubu told CNN she wants the world to remember that her daughter Dorcas was one of the 276 schoolgirls that…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused “Parts Unknown” television series, has died at the age of 61, the network said today. The cause of death was suicide, the network said in a statement. He was found dead in a hotel room in France where he had been working on…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than thirty-five primary schools have been shut down in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, as a result of attacks on Tiv communities in the southern senatorial district. Education Secretary of Obi Local Government, Ogashuwa Onuku Samuel, made this known to journalists in his office in Obi, the council…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in a fix after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the freezing of its accounts over a N34bn contract, thereby threatening the upcoming elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The Court also ordered the deduction of over N17 billion from the accounts of the…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has continued the trend of breaking the daily Ramadan fast with players from different sectors of the country. On Thursday it was the turn of artistes and youths. Among those who joined the President to break the day’s fast were popular musician, Temitope Adekunle (Small Doctor), Ali Jita, and…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari announced the cancellation of May 29 as the country’s annual Democracy Day, replacing it with June 12. His argument is that June 12 1993 — the date of the election popularly adjudged to be the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history — “was far more symbolic of democracy in…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressive Congress (APC) Chieftain and Deputy Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank has raised the alarm over alleged withdrawal of his security aides by the Federal Government and order of his arrest. In an Open letter made available to newsmen, Mr. Frank revealed that his aides were withdrawn and a warrant for his…
