LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday said he was still under isolation for testing positive to COVID-19 and is yet to be cleared of the disease. El-Rufai, who also chaired a virtual meeting of the State Executive Council for the first time since he was diagnosed, said he…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The First Lady of Kaduna State, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, has solicited prayers from Nigerians for her husband, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who announced on Saturday that he had tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Hadiza solicited the prayers moments after her husband posted a video on Twitter to announce his status. She said in…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 presidential campaign for the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi kicked off in Kaduna at the weekend. Addressing journalists in Kaduna, the national coordinator of the ‘Sanusi Lamido Sanusi project 2023: All Nigerian Youth Projects’, Suleiman Shuaibu Shinkaffi, appealed to all other Nigerians nursing presidential ambition in 2023 to be…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as emir of Kano on Monday, into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said Governor Nasir El-Rufai approved the reconstitution of the board of KADIPA. Established in 2015,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the permutations for the 2023 Presidency begin to dominate political discourse nationwide, Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of the country. Although the governor, acclaimed to be a major strategist of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, did not specify…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tony Iwelu, the Chief Security Officer of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is dead. It is unclear how Iwelu died but sources close to the Minister said the DSS Officer died of electrocution at his hotel room in Kaduna. This comes hours after reports of the attack on Amaechi on the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 16 members of same family were burnt to death by bandits who invaded Bakali village in Fatika District, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits, it was learnt invaded the community on Tuesday around 4:00pm and set fire on many bags of grains, vehicles and motorcycles in the village….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Senator, Shehu Sani, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to show Nigerians the casualties of bandits it recently claimed to have killed in Kaduna State. Mr Sani made the request on Thursday while reacting to the claim of the Police that over 250 bandits were killed during an…