LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Niger Delta militant leader Asari Dokubo expressed his frustration over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments. Dokubo voiced his concerns in response to Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi’s call to remove Nyesom Wike as the minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory. In a viral video, the ex-Niger Delta warlord criticized the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is reviewing and expanding the National Social Register to accommodate pensioners and ex-servicemen under its Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. It is also removing beneficiaries who have excited the poverty line. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the government was also taking out dead beneficiaries from the register and would disqualify those…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has threatened to sue the United Nations (UN) over the allegations bordering on financial mismanagement. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister for Women’s Affairs, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, October 16. The Tinubu’s minister alleged that the United Nations has been receiving monies…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the Labour Party has said that there is no way its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, could be tempted to work with President Bola Tinubu’s government of national unity. The position of the party was stated in two separate interviews with the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has demanded that President Bola Tinubu comes clean on his true identity. Obi made the demand on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja. The former Anambra State governor urged Tinubu to reintroduce himself to the nation he governs, and to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The news of President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, flying a presidential jet to attend polo games in Kano State has sparked mixed reactions on X (formerly Twitter). The discussion started when a journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, on Monday, criticised Seyi’s use of a presidential jet for non-official purposes, citing a similar instance when…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As efforts to resolve the Niger crisis continue, overtures by the head of the military junta in that West African country, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, to have direct access and discussion with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been outrightly rejected by the Nigerian leader, Empowered Newswire reports. According to diplomatic sources, consenting to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Sports and Youth, Solomon Dalung, has accused President Bola Tinubu of falling prey to fuel subsidy criminals. Dalung said this in a recent interview with Trust Radio, while giving a review of the current administration. “He goofed full-time by playing into the hands of subsidy racketeers, by making the…
