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 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has raised the alarm over increased state of insecurity in the country. Wabba, who raised the alarm in a message to state Delegates Conference of the Congress on Thursday, said the current security system has failed the country. “There is hardly…
LAGOS APIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, announced Federal Governments plans to introduce solar-powered tricycles and motorcycles into the Nigerian transport system in 2019. He disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected executives of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle & Motorcycle Owners, Repairs and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) in…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWRANGERS)-Police are on a manhunt for three Nigerian men who kidnapped a Consular General and Head of Mission of Estonia in Accra on Thursday. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Police command, DSP Efia Tenge, 61-year-old Nabil Makram Bashbous was on his usual morning walk in his neighbourhood when…
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 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has given Nigerians assurance that the Federal Government is working on free internet access across public places in the country. Shittu gave this assurance in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders workshop on the role of the Public Internet Access for Economic Development. “We are…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday, April 1 for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall, following his re-election for a second term. This was confirmed by Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, where he said the President’s trip followed an invitation…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday mourned the passage of renowned poet, writer and administrator, Dr. Gabriel Okara, describing it as the loss of an African literary giant. “Gabriel Okara was not just a celebrated poet but, indeed,…