LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governorship candidate in Anambra State and diplomat, Oseloka Obaze, has cautioned that any political coalition formed ahead of the 2027 general elections that excludes Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential flagbearer, is bound to falter. Obaze, a close ally of Obi and former Secretary to the State Government in…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several media platforms have gone to town with the news of the Supreme Court ruling on a dispute between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited with some of them questioning the ability of Fidelity Bank (the judgement debtor) to make the payment. As the matter is still before the…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite President Bola Tinubu’s June announcement suspending import duties and tariffs on essential food items for six months, Nigerian importers claim they are still being forced to pay these fees. The presidential directive aimed to curb soaring prices of food, raw materials, and manufacturing inputs, and also covered agricultural production inputs like…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s naira extended its losing streak to a fourth day, slipping to the weakest level since March despite central bank intervention amid seasonal demand for dollars and continuing investor skepticism. The naira stood at 1,563.8 per dollar at its official close on Friday, according to FMDQ. That’s the weakest since March 18,…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has reportedly failed the ministerial screening by the Department of State Service (DSS). Also said to have failed the screening exercise is immediate past Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. This, according to investigative journalist, Jackson Ude, led to the names…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon’s Under-17s face a race against time to field a team for regional African Cup of Nations qualifiers after more players failed age tests ordered by Samuel Eto’o, president of the country’s governing body, Fecafoot. The former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker’s insistence on using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) screening saw the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Team Nigeria’s quest for Tokyo Olympics tickets in both men’s 4x100m and women’s 4x400m relays could not materialise in Lagos yesterday. But the women’s 4x100m made up of Blessing Okagbare, Grace Nwokocha, Blessing Ogundare and Rosemary Chukwuma gave the spectators something to celebrate, as they ran 42.97 seconds to improve on their…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 894 students of the Nigerian Law School (NLS) who took part in the Final Bar Examinations, conducted in August 2019, failed, the Council for Legal Education said on Thursday. According to the Council, about 4,425 students, who were successful in the exams would be called to bar from November…