LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Media and Policy Initiative IMPI has hailed the federal government for allocating more funds to capital expenditure than recurrent in the budget for the first time in the current democratic dispensation. It said in statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju that the decision to buck a 24- year trend…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Maverick singer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has commended the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, for being present at the fans stand during Nigeria’s 1-0 victory over Angola at the ongoing African Cup of Nations, on Friday. DAILY POST reports that Obi was in Abidjan,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has commended the United Kingdom for their respect for the rule of law and congratulated Nigeria’s legal team that handled the case against Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd. In a statement issued by his media aid, Michael Nwolisa, on Wednesday, Obi,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, has described online publishers as critical elements in the fight against all forms of criminality in Nigeria by virtue of their advantage of reach, penetration, speed and resilience. He made this known while speaking at the 2023 7th Conference of…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the solidarity of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political impasse in the Republic of Niger. The President spoke when he received the Special Envoy of President Ali Bongo Ondimba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Gabon,…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has hailed Niger’s military coup as good news and offered his fighters’ services to bring order. A voice message on Telegram app channels associated with Wagner that they said was Prigozhin…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other Offences Act and the 1962 Armed Forces Act, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said: “Today’s parliamentary vote is a major step by Ghana towards the abolition of the death penalty….
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina head coach, Javier Mascherano couldn’t fault the effort of his players despite their defeat to Nigeria on Wednesday night. The hosts were eliminated from the competition after succumbing to a 2-0 defeat against the Flying Eagles. The Young Albiceleste were heavily tipped to make it to the quarter-finals after emerging from…
