LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that the N198 billion budgetary allocation for the funding of the forthcoming general election, has been released to the commission. The electoral body has also stated that the results of the February 16 presidential election will be transmitted…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has warned of an increased threat by Book Haram to carry out terrorist attacks in Nigeria especially as the general elections approach. In a Security Alert issued on Friday, Jan. 18, via its website, in Nigeria, the US noted that “there is an increase in ISIS propaganda videos specifically…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has decried what he tagged “Intimidation of the Judiciary”, and asking: “Where is Due Process?” Recalling that he was a major beneficiary of the rule of law/due process, he asserted that when that critical essence of democracy is under siege or…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Speaking at the unilag town hall meeting yesterday, presidential aspirant for the AAC party, Omoyele Sowore said “What I propose is to put aside $3.6 billion and we’ll turn this country into a construction site. “We’re in need of 17 million homes, over 80 million Nigerians are without homes. We need to…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations says Nigeria lost an estimated 2.8 billion dollars in revenues in 2018, mainly due to oil-related crimes. This is according to a new ‘Report by the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)’ on Monday in New York. The report,…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)President Buhari also noted that the operational buck of the campaign stops at Asiwaju Tinubu’s table, urging all those in the leadership of the campaign, in the field operations on the campaign trail and in the secretariat to consult with Asiwaju whenever guidance was needed. The President said the campaigns must be…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence and Foreign Affairs latest report published by the International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA) based in the United States of America, has revealed that the deaths of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh (retd.) and a former Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Army, Major…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The embassy of the United States of America in Nigeria says its consular services are open and advised those with scheduled appointments to visit the facilities in Lagos and Abuja. The announcement was made in a tweet on New Year Day. The embassy had previously shut its doors to consular services at the…