LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has cut short his trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as he returned to Abuja Tuesday night, a day ahead of schedule. Investigations revealed that President’s decision to round hastily round off his official engagements in Dubai might not be unconnected with ravaging insecurity in Zamfara, Kaduna…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to prosecute anyone found culpable in the recent building collapses in the country especially in Lagos State. According to him, the incidents have been as a result of professional negligence and therefore, those responsible will face the full wrath of the law. He said this when he…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday ordered the arrest of a top Bayelsa State politician, Hon. Israel Sunny Goli, and two others over their alleged complicity in February 24 abduction of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Kola Okunlola, in Bayelsa State. Justice Abang’s order was sequel to…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An estate belonging to the police in Dakwa, Abuja was at the weekend attacked by suspected armed robbers who carted away several valuables. The estate, known as Police Estate, was commissioned and named after a former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Adewusi, by the immediate past IGP, Ibrahim Idris, with a number…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, who was being investigated for allegedly laundering €150 million. Babalele, who was arrested by EFCC operatives at his Maitama, Abuja, home last Saturday, was released late last night. The acting EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, confirmed the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, were notably missing, as President Muhammadu Buhari took his presidential campaign to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. There is no official reason for their absence, Channels Television reports. The rally…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former American President Bill Clinton has canceled his trip to Nigeria ahead of Saturday’s general elections, saying the visit could be “politicised,” CNN has reported. The PUNCH had reported that the 42nd President of the United States of America and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, had been named dignitaries for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to social media to express disappointment over the construction of a giant broom in front of the Abuja City Gate. Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) noted that as of Thursday, it wasn’t clear what was being constructed when they began, but afterwards, it turned out to be…