LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians, including three presidential candidates, basked in the glory of the country’s first world athletics gold medal, welcoming a respite from bad news about economic hardships and deepening insecurity. Tobi Amusan, 25, won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles on Sunday in the World Athletics Championships after breaking the world record in…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unless urgent actions are taken by Southern lawmakers, plots to pass the controversial and vexatious Water Resources Bill that almost tore the nation apart through second reading at the House of Representatives has been intensified and concluded by Northern legislators. President Muhammadu Buhari’s representation of the bill first introduced in the 8th…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has congratulated Senator Ademola Adeleke for winning the 2022 Osun governorship election. Hours after the announcement of Adeleke’s victory by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, the President posted a congratulatory message via his official Twitter account. “I congratulate Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, today, July 14th, 2022 held that the Federal Government of Nigeria ban on Twitter is unlawful . The Federal Government of Nigeria suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria on June 4, 2021 two days after a controversial tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari was deleted by Twitter. The Nigerian…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by President Muhammad Buhari and his attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to challenge the controversial section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, led by Musa Dattijo-Muhammad, unanimously struck out the suit, describing it as an…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Omo no’ Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Ogidigan has commended President MuhammaduBuhari GCFR for approving that the enhanced ePassport Centre be located in his Kingdom. The Monarch made the commendation recently during the commissioning of the enhanced ePassport production Centre in the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The PUNCH has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, an…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari said his successor will inherit a far more resilient economy thanks to investments in infrastructure and policies that have bolstered local production. Under his watch, the government has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen state funds, built new transport links and beaten back militant group…