LAGOS JANAURY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna state on Saturday following a gas explosion that killed no fewer than five people. The gas explosion occurred on business premises located along Kachia Road, Sabon Tasha, in Chikun Local Government Area between 2.30pm and 3.00pm according to eyewitnesses. Professor Simon Mallam, Chairman of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A full three years before the next elections, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has been forced to deny reports that he will be seeking a third term in 2023. The conspicuous early denial is a measure of just how intense politicking is expected be in Africa’s most populous country ahead of its next…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four years ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, politics of who emerges the next President of Nigeria seems to be dominating the social media space, no thanks to political posters posted in some strategic parts of the country. Those whose posters can be seen in parts of Nigeria include the All Progressives…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER (NEWSRANGERS) -In less than four months after the swearing-in of the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, presidential campaign posters and billboards of politicians have been found in various places across the nation. In July this year, two large billboards with the picture of Bola Tinubu, an ex-governor of Lagos State and a national chieftain…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna State Governor Nasir el- Rufai on Tuesday said he settled for Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, a fellow Muslim, as his running mate in the 2019 governorship election in the state because she is the right person for the job . The governor , who received in audience the people of Sanga Local…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed surprise at the claim of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, who recently in his Twitter account referred to Obi as “a tribal bigot”. El-Rufai alleged that Obi…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Shehu Sani, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani, who has been having a running battle with Governor Nasir El-Rufa’I, announced his exit from the APC in a letter addressed to the Chairman of party in Kaduna State. His defection from the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna Market Traders Association has denied being part of the groups that purchased the 2019 governorship form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The group, in a statement on Tuesday, said it does not know the identity of those who paraded themselves on their…
