LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will again address the nation on Monday, May 18, 2020, following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force in COVID-19, made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, the…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman says the President has acknowledges that Nigerians are anxious and eager to know what life would be after the COVID-19 pandemic so he has developed measures – some already activated “to make life abundant for Nigerians.” The full text of the statement reads: “There is global…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as his new Chief of Staff. Gambari, from Kwara State was the Minister of External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. A professor of repute and a global citizen, the 78 year old replaces former Chief…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, has been hospitalised at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre in Kastina State. Daura is the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari. A palace source told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that Umar was rushed to the hospital on Monday night in a critical condition. The emir…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States government yesterday issued a stern warning to the Muhammadu Buhari administration against any attempt to divert the $308 million to be repatriated from looted funds by former military dictator, the late General Sani Abacha, to help the fight against the deadly coronavirus, instead of expending the funds on the…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has received commendation for his decision to implement the Stephen Oransanye report prepared in 2014 but which had been rejected by the President’s predecessor. The report focused on merging of various government agencies to cut cost. The President’s decision is believed will help block wastes and loopholes in…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Medical Association has asked the federal government to learn from Ghana whose coronavirus cases hiked by 100% in just a week after the leadership eased lockdown in the country. The NMA President, Francis Faduyile,said this in a statement warning that the timing of FG’s decision to ease lockdown was not…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) -President Donald Trump called President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday and promised to help Nigeria fight the deadly coronavirus. He promised to send ventilators. “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone conversation with the US President Donald Trump today, the two leaders discussed Nigeria’s efforts to defeat the COVID–19 Pandemic, and President Trump pledged…