LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to use the country’s 66th Independence anniversary to reflect honestly on the nation’s development trajectory and confront the challenges undermining its progress. Obi, in his Independence Day address titled “Nigeria at 66: Looking Back, Looking Forward,”…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Calls for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, intensified on Friday as opposition parties and some Nigerians responded to the freezing of the Osun State Government’s account. They described the action of the anti-graft agency as politically motivated, alleging that the commission had…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday declined to launch a fresh investigation into the controversial N1.3bn budgetary allocation to the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, saying it would await the outcome of the ongoing probe by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ordered by President Bola Tinubu. The decision followed…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Coalition for Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) has called for prompt and thorough investigated through the appropriate constitutional channels of any alleged judicial misconducts. The Group in a statement signed by Prince Rwang Pam Jnr. National Chairman Coalition for Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) said it has observed with concern the recent judicial proceedings…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), presidential candidate for 2027, Peter Obi, has called for the implementation of the State Police to be delayed until after the critical 2027 general election next year. Obi, while commenting on the recent passing of the state police bill in the Senate via his X handle,…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has once again criticised the government’s passive and uncoordinated response to the nation’s severe insecurity problems. In a recent post on his X account, titled “What Our Pervasive Insecurity Requires: A Holistic, Not Reactive Approach,” the former governor of Anambra…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Right Lawyer, Chief (Chief) Malcolm Omirhobo has demanded for a thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the illness and death of a soldier, PTE Bala Hudu and identification of all officers responsible for his custody and medical care while in detention. Omirhobo who made the request in…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, has called on Muslims across Nigeria to begin the search for the Shawwal crescent, signalling the end of Ramadan 1447AH and the commencement of Eid celebrations. In a statement issued by the…
