LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Between Monday and Friday this week, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal must hand down its verdict in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. Although the tribunal did not give a specific date for…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has come under fire for attending the ongoing World Economic Forum in South Africa despite federal government’s boycott of the event over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the country. Newsmen men reported that Nigeria, alongside African countries like Rwanda, Malawi and DR Congo, boycotted the two-day…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian division of South African telecom operator MTN said on Wednesday it will shut all stores and service centers in the country until further notice after its facilities in three cities were attacked. The facilities were attacked in retaliation after days of riots in South Africa chiefly targeting foreign-owned, including Nigerian,…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has said that the move by the police to arrest its leaders and members nationwide was targeted at curtailing their religious freedom and liberty. The group stated that the planned arrest was aimed at preventing its members from conducting their religious mourning obligations, noting the Federal…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has directed officials of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS ) to exploit every capacity within the service to ensure issuance of international passports to genuine and qualified applicants within 48 hours. The Minister said with deployment of state- of- the- art technology, the 48 hours timeline for…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Borno state have revealed that they have lost confidence in the military over the lingering Boko Haram crisis saying Boko Haram now attacks without any counter measure. In an open letter signed by Hassan Boguma, a traditional ruler, the residents accused the military of not doing enough saying the present…
LAGOS AUGUST26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the order given by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to attack any Nigerian leader who travels abroad, members of the group have converged on Japan in anticipation of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari is billed to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and its Igbo counterpart, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have condemned the allocation of ministries by President Muhammadu Buhari, with all nine ministers from the North-west receiving senior positions. Among the six geopolitical zones in the country, the North-west, which consists of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states,…