LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line conservative judge under U.S. sanctions, easily won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday amid record-low voter turnout. With about 90 percent of the votes counted, Raisi had received 17.8 million of the 28.6 million ballots cast. Raisi’s political rivals, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei and moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati […]
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a […]
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Allegations have emerged this Saturday saying several Tanzanians have been arrested and locked up after they decided to party and celebrate while the country is mourning the passing away of President John Pombe Magufuli. According to sources, Tanzanians who support the opposition party CHADEMA yesterday slaughtered a goat, had several alcoholic drinks, […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President-elect of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has promised to give more support to ensure that the continent’s infrastructure gap is reduced by providing quality growth. Dr Adesina, during his inaugural address after being sworn-in as AfDB President on Tuesday, pledged to expand partnership and tilt more attention to […]
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African delegation said Sunday. “The junta has affirmed that it wants a three-year transition to review the foundations of […]
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and top government officials were detained on Tuesday in a mutiny by soldiers in the capital Bamako. Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number […]
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima has denied a statement credited to him that Igbo people from the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria will never produce a president. Against this declaration, the social media later became awash with reports that Igbo will never be given the opportunity of […]
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has named Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President of the Appeal Court in Nigeria. Buhari made the move after coming under intense criticisms from Nigerians including a retired colonel, Abubakar Umar. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, announced the nomination in a statement on […]
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity in criminal matters if the alteration being proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the Senate sails through, The Nation learnt on Thursday. Also to lose immunity is the Vice President, Governors and their deputies in the impending alteration. This followed the second reading of a […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives introduced a bill to change the tenure of President, Governors to a single term of 6 years. Sponsored by reps member John Dyegh of the All Progressives Congress, the bill has passed through a first reading and has been listed for a second reading by the House. The […]
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