LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to burry political differences and join him in a new journey of healing, nation-building and economic prosperity. In his inaugural address after taking the oaths of office and allegiance administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kayode Ariwoola, at the Eagles Square, Abuja,…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, 71, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s president after winning the country’s most competitive election since the end of military rule in 1999. Widely credited with reshaping Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, Mr Tinubu saw off a divided opposition party and a youth-backed third-party candidate in February’s election. Defeated candidates Atiku…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerians have taken to social media to denounce the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of tomorrow’s inauguration, saying he’s not their president. The PUNCH reports that the move by some Nigerians on social media followed the comments by the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare,…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Friday complained that opposition parties are deploying social media to terrorise the apex court and its justices, particularly over cases relating to the 2023 general elections. This was contained in the judgement of the court in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he will never call the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his president. The cleric and politician, during a webinar on Saturday, alleged a series of malpractices during the 2023 elections, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission made a mess of…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta has appealed to incoming President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinunu to unite Nigeria irrespective of ethnic, political and religious cleavages that may exist. In his speech as the keynote speaker at the inaugural lecture on Saturday, he said the contest is now over and the hardwork of…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political economist and a former presidential aspirant, Prof. Pat Utomi has admitted collecting a sum of $2,000 from Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu for an MIT event over two decades ago. Mr Utomi mentioned this in a Twitter post on Friday morning amid an allegation that Tinubu used him to sponsor Peter Obi’s…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s incoming President Bola Tinubu will inherit anaemic economic growth, record debt and shrinking oil output, but before he can start fixing these pressing problems he will need to secure public support for painful decisions. Life is tough for citizens of Africa’s biggest economy, and a tangle of protectionist economic policies and…