LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Peoples right activist , (Prince) Christmas Akpodiete, is fully set to declare his intention to run for public office come 2019. The Director of Legal and Communications of Christmas Akpodiete Campaign Organization, Barrister Ehikioya, made this known yesterday in Abuja, while speaking to group ofjournalists. He confirmed that press briefing and…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the 2019 elections inch closer, more contestants are throwing their hats into the ring and the latest entrant is Ms. Adaora Onyechere of AIT’s flagship programme, Kaakaki. The WHISTLER learnt on Thursday in Abuja that the Imo state born broadcaster is eyeing the Okigwe North House of Reps seat under the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany has proposed a new process that will facilitate the smooth repatriation of over 30,000 illegal Nigerian migrants back to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama said this when he received the Security Adviser to the President of Germany, Dr Jan Hecker, and his team in Abuja. The new proposal,…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting behind closed doors with the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Items on the agenda of the meeting which started shortly after Buhari returned to Abuja from…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, said that Nigeria needed urgent and patriotic efforts from all Nigerian to save it from total collapse, which he said was as a result of cumulative leadership failure over the years. He said that the failure was manifested in many ways, including the…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday stopped plenary to visit Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) at National Hospital, Abuja, to ascertain his health condition. This followed a point of order by Sen. Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo) at plenary. Melaye, who sustained injury during his arrest by security operatives on Tuesday, was earlier taken to Zankli Hospital,…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama as ome armed policemen and Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West were on Tuesday afternoon in a rough struggle at the Area 1 part of Abuja metropolis. The police operatives had reportedly told the embattled lawmaker that they were taking him to court in the metropolis of the nation’s…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)24 hours after the immigration officials detained the Senator representing the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, the police have arrested him. The lawmaker was on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP’s) Monitoring Unit in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He is being interrogated over his alleged…