LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to bar individuals above 60 years from contesting for the offices of President and Governor in Nigeria. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, proposes amendments to the 1999 Constitution to revise eligibility requirements for these key political positions….
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The electorates in Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over the removal of the elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, the Deputy Governor, and the entire members of the State House of Assembly. In the suit, marked FHC/CS/550/2025, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on March…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and the federal government have received the backing of the United States Government to execute the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline Project and other major gas projects, THE WHISTLER can exclusively report. The US Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, will also visit the country before the end of…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has appealed to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Anambra State governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola and former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai also…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brgd. Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (retd.), in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, in the early hours of Thursday. The bandits also killed one person and abducted at least nine others, even as they were said…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some vulnerable FCT residents including the scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, have filed a suit against the minister, Nyesom Wike, demanding N500 million in damages over alleged breach of their fundamental rights. A legal practitioner, Abba Hikima, filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1749/3024 before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Monday night along the Eleme axis of the East-West Road when a vehicle attempting to flee from suspected armed kidnappers plunged into the Okulu River. Reports indicated that the driver of a Toyota Hilux van, carrying an expatriate and other workers from an undisclosed company, lost control of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. The Judge fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the bail request by Bello’s lawyer, Joseph Bodunde…