LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Monday night’s meeting between the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, did not help Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State reverse his disqualification from the party’s governorship primary. Gambari had…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency Sunday formally reacted to the shooting incident inside the State House involving security personnel attached to the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, as exclusively reported by THEWILL on Friday. It was reported how the power tussle in the Presidential Villa between First Lady Aisha Buhari and Sabiu ‘Tunde’ Yusuf, the…
By Olawale Olaleye LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The day this supposed ‘endorsement’ picture of Governor Godwin Obaseki and President Muhammadu Buhari was published, the discerning few knew it was the beginning of the end for him. The president does not truly endorse anyone. He only takes those pictures for the optics. This is without questioning his…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Below is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day national broadcast. Fellow Nigerians, The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 year of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity to reflect on our journey as a nation, our achievements and struggles. It is…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has raised the fear that except something urgent is done, about 39.4 million Nigerians may be jobless by the end of the year as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also expressed the fear that millions more may slide into extreme poverty before the pandemic…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the candidates for the office of the director-general of the organisation. President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) top job last week. “Nigeria, on 9 June 2020, nominated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters in Yantumaki town, Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday morning set fire on a billboard bearing the image of President Muhammadu Buhari and logo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The residents are protesting against the attacks on their villages by bandits. The protests come days after the…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has pulled the brake on the process of gazetting Executive Order 10 (EO10) following the concerns raised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The decision is to give enough time for the resolution of the issues raised by the governors. Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, who doubles as NGF…