LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed that with effect from Friday, 15th November, 2019, all security aides attached to the Governors, their Deputies and all other public office holders, politicians and any other personality involved in the elections in the Bayelsa and Kogi States be withdrawn until the conclusion…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. The President was worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the NDDC. Buhari gave the directive while receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National President of the National Union of Local Government Employees, Ibrahim Khaleel, said the state governments had come up with another means of taking money from the local governments’ accounts despite the financial guidelines issued by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit to them not to tamper with local governments’ funds again….
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the increasing cases of kidnapping and robbery by bandits and suspected Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, traditional rulers from the region have vowed to defend their people and flush the marauders out of the region. The monarchs made the declaration just as governors from the South-West announced plans to…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were on Thursday absent at the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Campaign Council. The meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, held at the Banquet hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. In his opening address, President Buhari said the meeting was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has, Friday, warned governors and other leaders in the country to brace up for tougher times ahead, especially as regards the economy and infrastructural development of the country, saying things will be harder than before. President Buhari gave the statement in a message to the 36 state governors during…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has distanced itself from the endorsement of some governors of the South-East and candidates contesting different political positions by the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Reverend Fr. Ejike Mbaka. The church said it has not endorsed any candidate for the 2019 general elections. Mbaka…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans are underway to peg cash withdrawal limit of state governors to N20 million monthly, Daily Sun investigation has revealed. The new policy, it is learnt, will soon be communicated to the managements of commercial banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A Federal Government source, who disclosed the plans to…