LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency says the person declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) is not an inlaw to President Muhammadu Buhari as being claimed in some quarters. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has reacted to a statement from the Presidency that he led three men to President Muhammadu Buhari for contracts. The Presidency had claimed last week following Mbaka’s call for Buhari’s resignation or impeachment over insecurity that the cleric was aggrieved because Buhari…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As controversy continues to surround the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, over alleged links to terrorist groups, the Presidency has come under severe criticism for backing the embattled senior government official. Pantami, in one of his old sermons that resurfaced recently, praises notorious terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, and…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s presidency says it “stands behind” an embattled minister facing calls for his resignation after extreme Islamist views he held in the past recently came to light. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, and also a renowned Muslim cleric, expressed views sympathetic to groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram….
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has dismissed the ongoing call for the sack of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, saying the Buhari administration stands behind all Nigerians including the minister against unfair treatment. Reacting to calls in some quarters for Pantami to resign or be sacked over his past extremist…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not eligible under the constitution to contest for President. Malami said this in an affidavit in support of a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/177/2019 and filed before…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has assured no part of the arms procurement funds is missing. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Friday evening. He spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’. Contrary to reports the newly appointed service chiefs did not meet the funds…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday said it is unfortunate that some idle and indolent wailers made an issue out of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony where pigeons released by President Muhammadu Buhari refused to fly. In his weekly article titled ‘ Reflections From…