LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not seek tenure extension at the end of his 2nd term in office as rumours of a possibility spread in the gossip mill. Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu in a statement on Nigeria’s Independence Day made the declaration saying categorically that the President will not seek tenure…
By Michael Eli Dokosi LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s been 22 years since Nigerian pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre and human rights activist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, passed away on August 3, 1997, but his musical legacy lives on, as well as, his music temple named the Shrine. Fela was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Dozens of baskets brimming with newly-picked tomatoes gently rot in the sticky heat, becoming the latest casualty in a bout of trade tension between Benin and Nigeria. On August 19, President Muhammadu Buhari unexpectedly closed Nigeria’s borders to goods trade with Benin and Niger, declaring the time had come to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari on Tuesday in New York alerted World Leaders on attempts by international criminal groups to cheat Nigeria of billions. He raised the alarm while presenting the country’s National Statement as the fifth speaker on the first day of the General Debate during the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has asked state governors not to fix federal roads if they will eventually demand refund for the rehabilitation. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Abandoned Federal Government Projects…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved ex-Militant leaders under the First Phase Presidential Amnesty scheme have sent a protest letter to President Muhammad Buhari seeking the sack of the Presidential Amnesty boss, Professor Charles Dokubo over alleged incompetence and fraudulent diversion of funds meant for the training, empowerment and welfare of beneficiaries. According to the First Phase…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigerian government has filed treason charges against the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. The government also accused Mr Sowore of engaging in fraudulent transfer of funds in a seven-count charge against the former presidential candidate, and another defendant, Olawole Bakare. According to the charge, Mr Sowore was accused of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has expressed optimism that Nigeria’s economy would blossom and commended the new Economic Advisory Council (EAC) constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari to advise him on the country’s economic growth and overall development describing the move as a proactive one, which is…