LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the main opposition candidate to overturn the result of February’s presidential election in which Muhammadu Buhari was returned to office. Atiku Abubakar lodged his initial complaint with the country’s election tribunal, which ruled against him last month. Tuesday’s decision is likely to end…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has budgeted N360m for the “specialised education programme” of the Chibok girls rescued by the Federal Government. This implies that N3.3m was budgeted for each of the rescued 106 schoolgirls. The information is contained in the 2020 budget proposal which was submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) completely rejects the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal describing it as provocative, barefaced subversion of justice and direct assault on the integrity of our nation’s justice system. The party is particularly shocked that the tribunal failed to point to justice despite the flawless evidence laid…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court upheld President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in February elections, dismissing a challenge by the main opposition candidate that sought to overturn the win. The five-judge Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal voted by a majority in favor of Buhari in a ruling Wednesday in the capital, Abuja. “I have come to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Between Monday and Friday this week, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal must hand down its verdict in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. Although the tribunal did not give a specific date for…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has confirmed that some money was indeed given to the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, a transaction that has become part of the larger money laundering probe by EFCC of the €150million brought into the country by Atiku’s failed presidential campaign. But he insisted it was a normal donation…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has extended to Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, its investigation of the laundered 150 million euros cash-for-poll by associates of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar. It was learnt that the investigators went to the Library on August 8 to authenticate the claims by one of those under…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) and the London Metropolitan Police Service have received petitions to investigate the documents said to have been obtained from Cambridge University and tendered for President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential election tribunal. TheCable obtained copies of the separate petitions both dated August 14, 2019, and which…
