LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and Ethiopia, cancelled the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country’s presidential election next month, Libya’s election agency said. Seif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity related to the 2011 uprising, submitted his candidacy papers…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the Anambra Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, Prof Florence Obi, announced the result on Wednesday morning at…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election held in Anambra State on Saturday inconclusive. Returning officer for the poll Prof. Florence Obi said on Sunday night that a supplementary election would hold in 362 polling units in Ihiala Local Government Area on November 9. Citing the Constitution, Obi…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Tuesday July 20 and Wednesday July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslim faithful and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th May, 2021 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the FG on Monday in Abuja, congratulated the Muslim faithful on this occasion and called on all…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Thursday as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-el-Maulud celebration in commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on Tuesday on behalf of the Federal Government. In a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state until further notice. The curfew is to take effect from 4pm, October 19, 2020 – Monday. It would be recalled that there was a jail break in Benin prison which resulted in scores of inmates escaping from the facility. Apart…