LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has faulted the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) for including the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 federal budget. The finding is contained in the commission’s investigation into the activities of the organisation, which the federal government…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned against the growing practice of serving governors, senior political office holders and party leaders converging on states where off-cycle elections are being conducted, saying the trend could threaten Nigeria’s democratic stability. Jonathan raised the concern in a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday while…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, has lamented the worsening condition of Nigerians abroad, revealing that many citizens facing xenophobic attacks in South Africa would rather remain there than return home. He faulted Federal Government failure to support Nigerians facing hardship abroad Obi, who just returned to the country, raised the…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has strongly condemned the resurgence of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, expressing concern over the safety of Nigerians and other Africans affected by the violence. In a statement shared on his official handle on X, Obi described the attacks as alarming and unacceptable, stressing that no African…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised the alleged non-payment of match allowances to Nigeria’s national football team, describing it as an embarrassment to the country. Obi expressed the concern in a post on X on Tuesday while reacting to reports that players of the Super Eagles were owed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lamine Yamal’s father has blasted Ousmane Dembele’s Ballon d’Or win, saying the result was “not theft but rather moral damage to a human being”. Dembele scooped the biggest individual award in football for the first time in his career on Monday, becoming the sixth Frenchman to win the prize. He joined the…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Right Lawyer, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has faulted the Management of Delta State Maritime Polytechnic, Burutu, Delta State for restricting members of staff of the institution from opening WhatsApp group platforms among themselves. Recall that the Management of the institution in memo titled, “The Proliferation and Abuse of WhatsApp Platforms…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Temitope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan and Professor Wole Soyinka’s comments on the emergency rule in Rivers State as personal opinions. President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers, with the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy,…
