LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has confirmed his younger brother Tene Birahima Ouattara as minister of defence, part of a slate of new appointments announced on Tuesday. The new defence minister will have to contend with Islamist violence spilling over from Burkina Faso in the north, and continue reforms that have calmed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first-ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation. Victoire Tomegah Dogbe, 60, replaces Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday. A close ally of the president, she has served as his chief-of-staff since 2009. Togo had been due for…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that Chief John Momoh, Chairman of Channels Television, has been named as the acting Chairman of the Governing Council, University of Lagos, UNILAG. Mr Momoh will take over from Dr. Wale Babalakin who had been asked to recuse himself along with the University’s embattled Vice-Chancellor,…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leading aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has announced the appointment of three political leaders in the state into his Campaign Organization, a move that is indicative of his strong support within the party – this is expected to strengthen his lead ahead of the…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead former lawmaker from Ebonyi State, Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru, to the board of the Federal Character Commission. The appointment of the late Okwuru alongside 37 others was contained in a letter Buhari sent to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read out…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Economic Management Team (EMT) and in its place constituted an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) that will report directly to him. The following are members of the new council, according to a statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina. 1. Prof. Doyin Salami – Chairman 2. Dr. Mohammed…