LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to stop the blame game and urgently salvage the nation from becoming a failed state. In a letter to the government yesterday, titled, ‘The Endless Martyrdom of Youth,’ he stressed the need to “stop improvising with human Lives. Youth –…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and China mark their golden jubilee of official relations in 2021, having established diplomatic ties in 1971. And as trade and investment have grown, so has lending, leading to increased focus on the balance of the bilateral relationship. Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has at times had to deny that his country…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi, says the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following completion of selection process for a new I-G. Dingyadi has earlier announced the appointment of Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) Usman Baba as Acting Inspector-General of Police.. The…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as the acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Baba is taking over from Mohammed Adamu, whose tenure Buhari…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Transportation, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has stirred controversy online as a young boy who is Reportedly her cousin’s son was seen protesting against the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in London. The young boy was pictured with a placard with the inscription: “Buhari you are wicked. Children of my age are…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 1,800 inmates have escaped after a heavily armed gang attacked a prison in southern Nigeria using explosives, correctional authorities said Monday, in one of the West African country’s largest jailbreaks. The attackers blasted their way into the Owerri prison in Imo state, engaging guards in a gun battle and…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The UK police on Friday questioned a former presidential aide Reno Omokri over his protest against President Muhammadu Buhari in London tagged #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon. Buhari is in London on a medical trip. He is expected back in Nigeria in the second week of April. Mr Omokri, a vocal critic of the Buhari administration,…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerians in the United Kingdom have stormed the Abuja House, 2 Campden Hill, Kensington, London demanding for president Muhammadu Buhari’s repatriation. In a video tweeted on his verified Twitter handle, a Nigerian broadcaster and former presidential aide, Reno Omokiri, said they were there to chase the president back home. “The Police…