LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari announced the cancellation of May 29 as the country’s annual Democracy Day, replacing it with June 12. His argument is that June 12 1993 — the date of the election popularly adjudged to be the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history — “was far more symbolic of democracy in…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior lawyers yesterday disagreed with a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alfa Belgore, that President Muhammadu Buhari broke the law by awarding Nigeria’s highest national honour to the late Chief Moshood Abiola and Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN). Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Professor…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West and Alfa Belgore, CJN from 2006-2007has faulted the conferment of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Moshood Abiola, the widely acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election. Melaye while condemning the award, ha cautioned President Muhammdu Buhari against breaching the constitution in…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Defence and respected business mogul, General TY Danjuma (Rtd) has taken his protest against killings in the North Central region of Nigeria to the United States of America. Speaking at a session hosted by the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), in collaboration with Heritage Foundation and 21 Wilberforce, he…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, said…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A survey conducted by NOI Polls has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval rating, which gauges public support for the president, has been on a downward spiral, dropping from as high as 80 per cent in October 2015, to 41 per cent this month, three years after he was sworn-in as Nigeria’s…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; a former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau; and other presidential aspirants interested in contesting in the 2019 election have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a debate ahead of the poll if they emerge as their parties’ candidates. The other presidential aspirants who have challenged the President…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the position of his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo was under threat. Buhari said this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, while hosting a delegation of the Conference of Nigerian Female Parliamentarians. Reacting to the demand of the group for a female Vice President of the country, Buhari,…