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…
The AGF was said to have sent a letter ordering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission, (ICPC) and the Department of State Services, (DSS) and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, (NFIU) to all stop probe of the NIRSAL scam. He was said to have described the investigations…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected members of the extremist Boko Haram sect have shot dead five persons believed to be humanitarian workers. The terrorist group publicized the development via a viral video it published on social media Wednesday. The gunmen who carried out the killing said their victims were aid workers working for nongovernmental organisations. The…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, who is being investigated over corruption allegations by a special presidential panel, is asking the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to release him on bail. Mr Magu, a serving police officer who has been in detention since his…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the importation of the much publicized Madagascar’s coronavirus herbal cure to Nigeria. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday. His words, “Madagascar has made allocations to various countries and sent them to Guinea Bissau….
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media matters, Lauretta Onochie, has reacted to reports that President Muhamadu Buhari appointed a dead person into the board of one the federal government agencies. Report alleged that Chief Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru is one of the member-nominees (Ebonyi State) in Buhari’s letter to…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead former lawmaker from Ebonyi State, Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru, to the board of the Federal Character Commission. The appointment of the late Okwuru alongside 37 others was contained in a letter Buhari sent to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read out…