LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to X (Twitter) to react to the lifting of the visa ban on Nigerians by the United Arab Emirates after President Tinubu met with the Arab leader. Nairametrics reported that President Bola Tinubu and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in…
By Sola Olumese LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I confess that last Wednesday, I feared I may be a masochist. I do not know what else one diagnoses after he spent most of 10 hours listening to the Presidential Election Petitions Court. I mean, I had other things to do, and I should have moved on to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wednesday’s judgement of the President Election Petition Court will not mark the end of the controversies trailing the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. News Direct recalls that the five-man panel, in a final judgement read by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, struck out the three petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation. This follows the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja. In a statement signed by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu said he welcomes the judgment of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court upholding the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the February 25, 2023 election. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, made the party’s position known in Abuja, shortly after the court…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is considering applying to become a member of the G20 bloc of major economies after concluding consultations on the risks and benefits, the president’s spokesperson said on Sunday. President Bola Tinubu will leave on Monday to attend the G20 summit in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spokesperson…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has recalled all ambassadors, both career and non-career. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, stated this through his media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir, on Saturday. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in July 2020 appointed 41 non-career ambassadors and 42 career ambassadors to man the nation’s foreign diplomatic missions. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday floated the idea of a transition back to democracy in neighbouring Niger similar to the nine-month period his country underwent in the late 1990s. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions on Niger after troops ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26…