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…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has praised the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, for efforts in the security of lives and property. Obasanjo spoke on Friday in Lagos in a keynote address at National Daily Newspaper Awards for Year 2022. He said the I-G deserved the award. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has congratulated His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, on his victory in the just-concluded Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Abia State, describing it as well deserved. The group in a statement signed by its Abia State Coordinator, Pst. Prince Solomon, noted that Dr. Otti “has…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has extolled the formidable achievements attained by the Buhari Administration. Sambo stated this earlier today while on a working visit to the Nigerian Railway Corporation’s head office at Ebute-Metta in Lagos, Lagos State. “The progress in the rail sub-sector is unprecedented. The gratitude goes to…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has once again, appreciated his numerous supporters across the nation, saying that the journey to rescuing the country would be difficult without them, while notifying the public of the various acts of impersonation against him on the internet. In a statement signed…
