LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Media Office of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential frontrunner, Peter Obi, has alleged a plot to prevent him from contesting the 2027 presidential election, describing it as a threat to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Umar, the Peter Obi Media Office accused President Bola…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of Burkina Faso has announced the foiling of an attempted coup allegedly involving President Ibrahim Traoré’s Chief of Staff and a network of foreign and local actors, in what authorities describe as a sophisticated plot to assassinate the junta leader and destabilize the Sahel nation. The accused…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has identified some key players in the plot to abort the inauguration of new government for an Interim Government in Nigeria. The Service considers the plot, being pursued by these entrenched interests, as not only an aberration but a mischievous way to set aside…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday quashed rumours that the Naira redesign policy of the apex bank was a plot to scuttle the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu or frustrate the president-elect’s political interests. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that a popular Nigerian newspaper had reported today…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move that could stall federal government’s plan to extradite Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police to the United States, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, filed an eight-count criminal charge against him and six others it alleged were involved in drug trafficking. The move comes…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over what it says is a plot by some prominent personalities and groups to ‘destabilise’ the country. The DSS said the unpatriotic groups are taking advantage of the existing security situations in some parts of the country to carry out their plan….
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plot to disqualify Governor Godwin Obseki of Edo State ahead of the June 22, 2020, APC governorship primary in the state has been activated, Daily Trust reliably gathered. The party has fixed the screening of the six aspirants that have purchased, filled and submitted nomination and expression of interest forms for…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi officials have reportedly arrested two members of the royal family for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Wall Street Journal said guards detained one of the king’s brothers, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud, and one of his nephews, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. Both…