LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the alleged shrinking of democratic space by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Wednesday led a “Save Democracy” protest in Abuja. The protest, which stated around 10am at Maitama…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-Bandits have killed an Abuja-based businessman, Muhammad Shuaibu, and his 19-year-old daughter, Fatima Muhammad, despite the payment of N12 million ransom demanded. Fatima, until her death, was a student of the University of Abuja. The deceased businessman was a trader at the Dei-Dei Modern Market in Bwari Area Council of the FCT….
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 8,433 delegates are expected to participate in the 2026 national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Eagle Square, Abuja. They will be led by President Bola Tinubu, 31 governors, and members of his cabinet. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this at a…
LAGS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday visited the former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. The meeting, which was held at the Abuja residence of Malami, came hours after he was freed from the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Although details of…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja has ordered officials of a faction of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) currently occupying the union’s national secretariat, including the present management team led by Musiliu Akinsanya (Alias: Oluomo), to vacate the office in the Federal Capital Territory. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed displeasure at the lingering strike by primary schools teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. In a post on his official X handle, Obi said it is worrisome that the government spent billions of naira to renovate the International Conference…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has assured that Lieutenant Ahmad Yerima, the naval officer who engaged in a heated exchange with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will not face any disciplinary action. Matawalle gave the assurance while speaking in an interview with DCL Hausa following…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tense confrontation broke out in Abuja on Tuesday when soldiers stopped the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, and officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from gaining access to an estate land in the FCT. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the soldiers on guard duty at the disputed…