LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has been excluded as the US President, Donald Trump, is scheduled to welcome leaders from five African countries to Washington next week for discussions about business opportunities. A White House official announced on Wednesday that Trump would host the presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a significant move to bolster Defence Health Services and strengthen the partnership between the United States and Nigeria, the Honourable Minister of State for Defence, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Bello Matawalle MON, met with a U.S. delegation led by Dr. David Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Health. The meeting focused…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has met with Nigerian legal luminary, Afe Babalola, SAN, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Obi had pleaded with Babalola to consider the “situation” of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who is at the Ekiti prison. The legal…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, has been engaging with stakeholders in Gabon to understand their assessment of the current political situation in the country. The Secretary-General, on a three-day fact-finding mission, met with General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the transitional president, who provided his overview of the political…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-General Salifou Mody, one of the Niger officers who seized power in a military coup last week, visited Mali on Wednesday, according to the Mali presidency, amid speculation of a possible interest in the Wagner mercenary group, which has a presence in the country. Mali’s transitional president, Assimi Goïta, hosted Mody and…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-President Kashim Shettima met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu at the ongoing second Russia-Africa economic and humanitarian forum, assured President Putin closer ties between the two nations. The summit is focused on strategising to enhance relations between Russia…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After his successful participation at the summit on “A New Global Financing Pact” in Paris, France hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived Bissau, capital of Republic of Guinea-Bissau, for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent Niger Delta leader, Asari Dokubo, has accused the Nigerian military of being behind 99 percent of oil theft in the country. Dokubo made the accusation after a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu in his office on Friday. He stated that the President has promised to investigate allegations of huge oil…