LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu will begin a two-day trip to France on Thursday, the first state visit by a Nigerian leader in more than two decades, as Paris seeks to boost ties with anglophone Africa. Military coups and changing attitudes have lessened France’s influence on the African continent, where several nations have turned…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that he was not desperate to be Nigeria’s President, but that he desired the country to work. Obi spoke while reacting to his award as the LEADERSHIP Politician of the Year 2023 at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Investment Coach and a strong supporter of Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Dr Stephen Akintayo, has said that Nigeria would not be in this present situation if Peter Obi were to be the President. Akintayo in a post on his official X account @drsakintayo, said Obi would have cut…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since Kenya’s William Ruto and Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu became presidents, they have faced similar criticism over their frequent trips abroad. The two men have been the subject of unflattering descriptions – the costs associated with their alleged penchant for air travel often contrasted with tough economic conditions at home. A Kenyan newspaper,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone attack that the state emergency agency in northern Kaduna state said killed at least 85 people at the weekend. The state’s governor, a religious leader and witnesses told Reuters on Monday that dozens of civilians were killed…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deep concern over the political situation in Gabon and the socio-political stability in that country. Tinubu’s reaction came hours after a group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the current regime” and cancelling an election that, according…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, 71, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s president after winning the country’s most competitive election since the end of military rule in 1999. Widely credited with reshaping Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, Mr Tinubu saw off a divided opposition party and a youth-backed third-party candidate in February’s election. Defeated candidates Atiku…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a grueling electioneering process that spanned months, Nigeria now has a new President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces who will steer the ship of the country for the next four years. He is 71-year-old Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was inaugurated as Nigeria’s President on Monday,…