LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Madonna’s career-spanning Celebration tour has been postponed after the singer developed a severe infection requiring hospitalization, according to her management. “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several day stay in the ICU,” longtime manager Guy Oseary wrote on Instagram. “Her health is improving, however…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has postponed a census due to take place next week and a new date will be set by the incoming government, the information ministry said on Saturday as it announced the latest delay to the country’s first census in 17 years. The census had been scheduled for May 3-7, but the…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has officially postponed the March 11, 2023 Governorship and States Houses of Assemblies elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed this. In a statement late on Wednesday, Okoye said: “Following today’s ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) on the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its Mega Youth Rally as rumours surrounding the alleged poor health status of Bola Ahmed Tinubu continue. POLITICS NIGERIA recalls that Tinubu was rushed off stage at the party’s presidential rally in Niger State on Wednesday allegedly due to ill-health. In a statement by…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas till July 11, 2022. Court document seen by Peoples Gazette said Judge Otis D. Wright in Los Angeles granted the order after Hushpuppi’s lawyers led by Louis Shapiro entered a request for postponement….
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will no longer embark on his medical follow-up trip to the United Kingdom as earlier scheduled for today. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari postpones London trip.’ The statement read, “The medical follow-up visit…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For the second time in a month, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has postponed its nationwide membership registration/revalidation exercise. Unlike in December, 2020, when Secretary of the Caretaker/National Convention Planning Committee of the party, Senator John Akpanudoedehe announced the cancellation of the December 12, 2020 date for the exercise because of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the new dates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the conduct of the general elections. It alleged that shoddy arrangements for the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission was a deliberate agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power even when…