LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched to Minna, Niger State a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation and meet with state officials, community leaders, as well as parents and staff of the College for the immediate rescue of those abducted. Buhari received reports of the brazen attack on Government Science…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The President also approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), for additional five-year tenure. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that the President also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive membership of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Sunday rejected one of its members’ call for impeachment processes to commence against President Muhammadu Buhari. Hon. Kingsley Chinda, representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency in Rivers State at the House of Representatives had earlier on Sunday, in a press release, called on Nigerians irrespective of political party, tribe,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has condoles with the people and government of Plateau State over the passing of an illustrious son and highly decorated retired military officer, retired General Domkat Bali, who served the country as Minister of Defence. The President spoke with the wife of the deceased, Esther, on Friday. Buhari…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the ”overstayed” service chiefs. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber followed a motion sponsored by Kashim Shettima, senator representing Borno central. The request by the lawmakers is coming six months after they asked the service chiefs to resign. Gabriel Olonisakin, chief of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Nigerians in Berlin, Germany, and London, the United Kingdom protested against police brutality, extrajudicial killing, and bad governance in their home country. During the protest on Saturday, the Nigerians displayed placards with different inscriptions conveying their displeasures. AFP reports that around 500 demonstrators took to the streets of London. Black-clad…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group, ‘I stand With Buhari’, has informed the police in Abuja of its plan to hold a 10 million-man march in support of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The Convener of the group, Ogochukwu Ezeaku, said this during an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, adding that he was positive that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the country was primed for a second recession in four years although the government has put in place plans to ensure rapid recovery in 2021. The President in his remarks during the presentation of the 2021 budget proposal to the National Assembly, said “GDP growth is…