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…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– There was a major protest in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents of the area trooped out to express dissatisfaction with the continuous lockdown ordered by the Federal Government over the spread of Coronavirus Disease. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday extended the lockdown of…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to ensure the safety of journalists in Ebonyi State. The Guild made the call on Thursday in reaction to the declaration by Governor David Umahi that he could no longer…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has slam Federal Government for supporting Lagos state with N10bn to fight coronavirus pandemic. He stated that it is quite unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government. Wike lamented that while Lagos State received a grant of N10billion as a commercial…