LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian student, Zainab Habibu Aliyu, who was detained in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of drug trafficking. This was disclosed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, in a tweet on Tuesday. According to Ahmad, “The Federal Government has secured…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to Guinea Bissau to support the country’s election process. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the approval was in response to an urgent request for…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is off to the Great Britain on a trip the presidency tagged a “Private visit”. Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, said Buhari will return on May 5, 2019, about three weeks before he takes the oath of office for a second and final term in office. THEWILL recalls that…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to allegations contained in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) before the presidential election tribunal. Buhari, in a response filed on April 16 by a team of lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN), put a lie to the claim by…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali (Rtd), the Accountant General of the Federation and 12 other heads of agencies under the Ministry of Finance to submit their handing over notes latest by April 23. The directive was contained in a circular with reference…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has cut short his trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as he returned to Abuja Tuesday night, a day ahead of schedule. Investigations revealed that President’s decision to round hastily round off his official engagements in Dubai might not be unconnected with ravaging insecurity in Zamfara, Kaduna…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, April 6, said that no state in Nigeria is currently under the control and influence of Boko Haram insurgent group. In a press release of the event Buhari said that his administration is doing everything possible to conquer the war against terrorism in Nigeria, adding that the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to inaugurate Africa’s first mega bus terminal, Oshodi Transport Interchange before May 29, officials of the Lagos State Government have confirmed. Besides, the president will equally unveil the 10-lane Oshodi-Murtala Mohammed International Airport road, another iconic transport infrastructure project the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode executed under…