LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), has spoken out about the planned nationwide protest set for August 1st. In a statement released on Saturday, Kwankwaso said he acknowledged the hardships faced by Nigerians, which he attributes to leadership failures since 2007. He believes these hardships…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina, yesterday waded into the ongoing public squabble between the President of the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the management of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Expressing his opinion on the matter, Adesina described the…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The leadership of the organised labour, on Monday, counseled President Bola Tinubu to quench the looming nationwide protest by dialoguing with the conveners of the planned action. Daily Trust reports that hundreds of Nigerians have been mobilising for a nationwide protest billed to hold across 36 States of the federation. Reacting to…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the country’s economic trajectory since 2015. In a statement on Monday via X, Obi highlighted the contrast between Nigeria’s economic performance in the early years of its return to democracy and its current state. “When Nigeria returned to democratic…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has alerted Nigerians to false promises of online “giveaways” in the form of cash gifts, recharge cards, and other material items, which are being fraudulently advertised in his name by unidentified individuals. In a statement released to the media on Saturday and…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the first reading of a bill proposing amendments to the 1999 Constitution to introduce a single six-year term for the offices of the President, state governors, and Local Government Areas chairmen. Sponsored by Ikenga Ugochinyere, representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency, Imo State, along with…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is a booming frog meat market currently going on in the Kaduna, in Northern part of the country where cartons of prepared frogs meats are packaged and sent from Nigeria to neighbouring states and outside the country. The booming trade is attributed to increased consumption of frog meat in the country…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-At least nine people were reportedly killed when cult gangs clashed while one of the many cult groups operating in Nigeria celebrated the 7/7 day. Daily Trust could not independently verify the number of those killed but sources said nine were hacked down Sunday and Monday mostly in the southern part of…
