LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France and Germany on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening “sovereign borders” after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of European Union member Denmark. “There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they may be… attack its…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders to caution their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. Tinubu expressed deep concern over reports of arson and explosions in the state. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser (Information & Strategy) said Tinubu…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s offer to sell oil to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in local currency rather than dollars was greeted with caution by the company. A senior official, speaking a day after Nigeria’s cabinet approved the plan, said the company had not asked for it. Instead, it had requested that the state sell crude…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against any plot to summarily retire newly promoted and decorated Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Moses Jitoboh, an Ijaw son. The IYC said Jitoboh’s recent promotion to the rank of DIG should not be a ploy to remove him from the Nigeria Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, made the disclosure at the launch of the grant, on…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised circumspection towards relaxing the lockdown across different states in the country, saying that such moves if not carefully done would defeat the preventive approach to COVID-19 which the peoples of the world have…
