LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says he has accepted the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to perform the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) in the Kingdom. To this end, the President will be accompanied by close personal aides on the journey on Thursday,…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Tuesday dissociated the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from a document calling for the overthrow of the Muhammadu Buhari democratically-elected administration. Navy Capt. Muhammed Wabi, Deputy Director of Defence Information accused a group, “Nigerian Continuity and Progress (NCP)’’ as being behind the document. Wabi alleged that the…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, has fixed May 22 to hear an application seeking an order to restrain Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) or any other Justice from swearing-in Muhammadu Buhari as president on May 29. Chief Ambrose Owuru, Candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and his party, who…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the Governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for another term, according to a letter by the president to the Senate, which was read at the red chamber Thursday. This is a major feat by Emefiele, who is helping Buhari revive Nigeria’s agricultural…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that she and her son, Olujonwo, were now living in fear for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari in the last election. Mrs. Obasanjo said she was reliably told that someone, who is not pleased with her decision to support Buhari, had sent assassins…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described as a constitutional crime and an unmitigated evil tantamount to an impeachable offence the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari administration to go into dialogue in Zamfara State with armed fulani militia and bandits. HURIWA frowned at an alleged planned to appease “these mass…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja Sunday after spending 10 days on a private visit to the United Kingdom. The presidential aircraft conveying the president from London landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 6.33 p.m. Those at the airport to welcome the president include…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hameed Ali and former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, have been listed as some of those who will emerge ministers to drive President Muhammadu Buhari’s “Next Level” agenda, a new report has said. Dr Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman of the…