LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has fired back at the United States President, Donald Trump over alleged claims by the American leader referring to the Nigerian president as “lifeless”. The reaction which came through the Buhari Media Organisation BMO was in response to Monday’s report by the Financial Times that the American President had…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Senate President Bukola Saraki is warming up to join the race for the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in August, according to sources in his camp. Hints about his presidential ambition emerged yesterday; just 24 hours after the Supreme Court cleared him of allegations of impropriety in his declaration…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria has called for urgent prayers for Nigeria against “interruption of the democratic practice” in the nation. Speaking to congregants on Sunday during a service beamed live via the Christian television network, Emmanuel TV, the cleric stated he had received…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples right activist, Mr. Christmas Akpodiete, has officially declared his intention to contest the 2019 Presidential election, under the platform of his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC). Akpodiete made this known yesterday while addressing his supporters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Akpodiete commended the National Assembly and President Buhari for the speedy…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State may have finally dumped his ambition to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), DAILY INDEPENDENT has learnt. The governor, whose four-year tenure will end this year, formally declared his intention in September 2017 in Abuja. Since then, not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from 2009 to 2014, says he is consulting widely to run for the Presidency in 2019. Moghalu told political correspondents in Lagos that time had come for technocrats, intellectuals and experienced people to take power from career politicians saying…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ralia Odinga, Kenyan opposition leader, has sworn himself in as an alternative president. Odinga supporters attended the ceremony which held in Nairobi, the country’s capital. Security was tight in Nairobi as government shut down independent TV stations to prevent the programme from being aired. On Monday, Linus Kaikai, chairman of the Kenya…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reactions have continued to trail the special statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo advising President Buhari to heed the clarion call and bow out in 2019. In the special statement trending on social media, Obasanjo cited President Buhari’s impaired health, age, nepotism and the poor handling of the country’s economy as…