LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has extolled the formidable achievements attained by the Buhari Administration. Sambo stated this earlier today while on a working visit to the Nigerian Railway Corporation’s head office at Ebute-Metta in Lagos, Lagos State. “The progress in the rail sub-sector is unprecedented. The gratitude goes to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacked the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah. When contacted, the NYSC spokesman, Eddy Megwa, simply asked our correspondent to wait for an official statement that would be issued on Friday. The Cable, however, quoted sources saying the president’s decision…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he met with His Royal Majesty, King Charles III in Buckingham Palace to foster Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom. In an interview after the meeting 73-year-old monarch, Buhari said King Charles III asked him whether he has a house in the UK or…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid controversies over the position of the Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to embark on the redesigning of Naira notes, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the CBN has his support on the project. Ahmed, at the weekend, declared that the CBN…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s total external debt has risen from $10.32bn on June 30, 2015, to $40.06bn as at June 30, 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. This shows that there has been an increase of 288.18 per cent in seven years, according to the external debt stock reports by the Debt Management Office. A breakdown…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris was yesterday 11th October 2022 conferred with the National Honours Award of the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic(MFR) by the President and Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, at the International Conference Centre Abuja. The honour is in recognition of his…
Flooding: Death Toll In Nigeria Boat Capsize Tragedy Hits 76 Authorities are working to rescue or recover any missing passengers, said Buhari, adding that he had directed the relevant agencies to check safety protocols to prevent future accidents. The head of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency said that 15 people had been rescued as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday criticised fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was having a “corrosive” effect, and promised free and fair elections when the country elects his successor in February. Buhari, 79, who took office after defeating a sitting president in elections in 2015,…