LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. The President was worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the NDDC. Buhari gave the directive while receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday asked the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on federal roads due to their deplorable conditions across the country. The move followed a motion by Senator Geshom Bassey, who called the attention of his colleagues in the upper arm of the National…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a new twist to litigations on the 2019 presidential election, the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) has again filed a suit at the Supreme Court praying it to reverse itself in the judgment delivered on October 3, which on technical ground dismissed its appeal filed against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari….
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has budgeted N360m for the “specialised education programme” of the Chibok girls rescued by the Federal Government. This implies that N3.3m was budgeted for each of the rescued 106 schoolgirls. The information is contained in the 2020 budget proposal which was submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is proposing to spend N1.492bn on the upgrading of some of the aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet in 2020. The sum is apart of the N200.994m the President will be spending on the overhaul of engines of some of the aircraft in the fleet next year. The figures…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, has dispelled the rumour that went viral on the social media that President Buhari would wed the Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, as a second wife yesterday. Adesina said the rumour was false and a deceptive manoeuvre…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sequel to the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill by Mr President to the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of international travels by all Cabinet Members and Heads of Government Agencies so as to enable Honourable Ministers personally lead the process of Budget defence at the National…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting started at the President’s office around 3pm. Jonathan had arrived at the forecourt of the State House around 2.58pm He was coming to the Presidential Villa for the first time under the second term…