LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Tuesday dismissed statement by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal that President Muhammadu Buhari was too old to seek a second term in 2019. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, refuted Tambuwal’s statement, saying that the 800 metres trek embarked upon by the president…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The seemingly slit disunity among the Ijaw leaders and chieftains of All Progressives Congress APC, in Delta State, have been resolved with a determination to ensure and promote the collective interests of Ijaw people ahead of the 2019 election. This unity was reaffirmed and consolidated on Saturday, 18th August, 2018, at the…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives under the auspices of Parliamentary Democrats Group (PDG) has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari from his vacation with an appeal on him to order the arrest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole saying he is a threat to the…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the publication of notice of polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last Friday, and the primaries coming up later this month, the countdown to the 2019 polls may have begun in earnest. With barely seven months to the 2019 general polls, permutations on their possible outcome have been the…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Speaking in an interview after his arrival, President Muhammadu Buhari said he was going to jail more of the thieves that brought economic problems to the country. He said, “I think this is being expected of me, I will do it.” On the defection of the Senate Minority Leader, Goodwill Akpabio from…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Aug. 18. A statement issued by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday, said Buhari had earlier…
By Young Erhiurhoro LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Today, so many Nigerians especially those in the opposition parties, majorly the PDP directly or indirectly attack the ruling party, APC with all sorts of attacks ranging from APC is a failed government, APC initiated herdsmen and other killings, Boko Haram insurgency, corruption, tribalism, sectionalism, unemployment, economic recession, poor…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A source close to the leadership of the Senate said that the planned resumption of the National Assembly was still being considered. House Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun told reporters last week that the National Assembly would reconvene tomorrow to consider pending national issues. Lasun noted that the leadership of the National Assembly…