LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States (US) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his successful re-election as President of Nigeria. US in a Press Statement signed by Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC, made available to NewsRangers via email equally commended all those Nigerians who participated peacefully in the election and condemned those…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will likely dissolve his cabinet before his inauguration for a second term in office. Buhari won his re-election, polling over 15 million votes to defeat his main challenger and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman of President…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the presidential election. This is coming from the UK Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the President the winner of the keenly contested poll on Wednesday. She said, “I offer…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths celebrating President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in Alaba Rago, a suburb of Lagos turned violent by unleashing mayhem on traders and residents of the area. Three persons were reported to have been killed and many others including policemen injured as a result of the violent. It was gathered that violence erupted at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s dollar-denominated government bonds rose to 5-7 month highs on Wednesday after President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer. The country’s longer-dated bonds were up as much as 0.8 cents in the dollar to extend a more than 10 cents rally…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China on Wednesday applauded President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election as President of Nigeria. Nigeria is China’s strategic partner of cooperation in Africa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily news conference in Beijing. “China always attaches high importance to bilateral ties and stands ready to work with the new…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is in early lead in some of the Northern states. Expectedly in Katsina State where Buhari hails from, the APC presidential candidate cleared all the three local governments declared so far by INEC. The local councils are Daura, Matazu and Ingawa. In Daura LG, Dr Abdu Yau of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples…