LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERANGERS)-Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has passed away at the age of 78. He died on Saturday. A statement by the Ogbeh family on Saturday said the elder statesman died peacefully on Saturday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources during the first tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibe Kachikwu, has been mentioned in the criminal charges levelled against Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Herald reports that Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has dumped the All Progressives Congress. Dalung, who served as a minister under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), submitted his letter of withdrawal from the APC to the Ward Chairman of the party in SabonGida Ward, Langtang South LGA of…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead. Her media aide, Bala Maina, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via the telephone on Friday. The ex-minister was said to have passed away at an undisclosed hospital in Cairo, Egypt. She was 61 years…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Special Duties Minister, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki was arraigned on Monday, with three others before a Federal High Court in Abuja on fraud related charges. Turaki, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN) served as the Minister for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs from 2013 to 2015. He was also the Supervising…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a member of the House of Representatives, Funke Deborah Adedoyin, has released the programme for her burial. Hon. Adedoyin died on September 28, 2018. According to the programme signed by Prince Ayo Adedoyin and Mrs. Funke Adepoju, a Service of Songs will be held for the late former Minister…