LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has named Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President of the Appeal Court in Nigeria. Buhari made the move after coming under intense criticisms from Nigerians including a retired colonel, Abubakar Umar. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, announced the nomination in a statement on…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of Director General of the World Trade Organisation. Nigeria had earlier nominated Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the position, according to a news report by Thisday. In a Diplomatic Note no 146/2020 by…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is on the verge of appointing a replacement for Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, according to presidency sources. Magu has been on the job in acting capacity since November 9, 2015, following the 8th Senate’s rejection of his nomination. The…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday presented his All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship nomination form to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Commenting on the feud between him and the National Chairman of his party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in an interaction with State House Correspondents, Obaseki said he was…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This was announced in a statement by presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina on Thursday. The reconstitution followed the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. Members of the new board are: Mohammed…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has again called on developed countries and international financial institutions to cancel the debts of “needy countries” especially in Africa to enable them reverse the devastations of COVID-19 to the human race. President Buhari made the call on Thursday in a virtual meeting tagged: “High-Level Event on Financing for…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the removal of all the service chiefs and an announcement is expected anytime from now, according to two people familiar with the matter. Those set to be replaced, according to THEWILL’s sources, are the Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin, 57; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen….
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513 billion. The President, in the letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.Femi Gbajabiamila, at the resumption of plenary on Thursday, said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit,…