LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the May 29 handover to the next administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a presidential transition council. The development was announced on Thursday in a statement by Willie Bassey, director of information in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The presidential…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters have besieged the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) over a ruling of the supreme court on the deadline for use of old naira notes. A seven-member panel of the apex court led by John Okoro, on Wednesday, temporarily…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has said the current hardship Nigerians are going through as a result of scarcity of fuel and new naira notes are signs of failure of leadership. Mr Shittu stated this while speaking on “Focus Nigeria” a programme on the African Independent Television (AIT), on Thursday….
Ikechukwu Amaechi LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It was obvious to all discerning minds from the get-go that the 2023 elections would be like no other. However, even the most perceptible of political observers could never have imagined the breadth of the incongruities, if not outright illogicalities, that are underpinning the contest. The ironies are as breathtaking…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Olusegun Awolowo as Secretary, National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for a tenure of four years. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the appointment took effect from…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians do not appreciate their country until they visit neighbouring countries where their citizens eat one meal a day. ‘‘We have a great country but we do not appreciate it until we visit our neighbours and other countries where the preoccupation is for people to have one good…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that the issue of animals swallowing millions of naira will never happen under his administration if he is elected president. He shared this on Friday, January 27 while addressing students of the University of Abuja during a town hall…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A public policy think tank, the NEO Africana Centre, has condemned the attack on the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, after a successful rally in Katsina on Monday. In a statement on Wednesday by its Director of Public Affairs, Mr Jenkins Udu entitled, “Mr President…