LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A top-ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi was conspicuously absent at the inauguration of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th President on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. However, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers, was spotted at the…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two male police officers on Monday slumped during the inauguration ceremony of the new governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas. The policemen who slumped during a parade were immediately moved out of the stadium for emergency medical checks. At the time of filing this report, the officers being treated in a makeshift…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of DAAR Communications and African Independent Television (AIT) Raymond Dokpesi is dead. Dokpesi died on Monday, May 29 2023, his son Raymond Dokpesi jnr said in a statement. “High Chief Dokpesi was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him,”…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to burry political differences and join him in a new journey of healing, nation-building and economic prosperity. In his inaugural address after taking the oaths of office and allegiance administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kayode Ariwoola, at the Eagles Square, Abuja,…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A podium at the Sani Abacha Stadium where dignitaries were seated during the inauguration of the new Kano State governor, Abba Kabir, has collapsed. PREMIUM TIMES witnessed the podium collapsing shortly after Mr Kabir was sworn in and delivered an inauguration speech. He was about to leave the podium to the VIP…
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…
