LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives (APC) is pushing for the postponement of the 2023 general elections by a minimum of four weeks. Credible sources in the party informed DAILY INDEPENDENT that the move is being spearheaded by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. However, the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council has rejected the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy has added a new twist to the controversy surrounding the deadline for the validity of old notes by rejecting the ten days extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the exchange. The committee described the extension…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal from his country home, Ede, Governor Adeleke faulted the resolution of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil insisted that it won’t play its suspended World Cup qualifying match against Argentina next month, arguing Wednesday that the risks are too high ahead of the tournament in Qatar. The qualifier nearly one year ago in Sao Paulo was stopped by local health officials after six minutes due to COVID-19 protocols…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), a body of online publishing organizations, run by professional journalists with backgrounds in Broadcasting, Print and New Media has rejected National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA practicing code, stressing that the NITDA Code and its prescriptions are toxic, undemocratic and a clear affront on free speech…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan last night “rejected” the expression of interest and nomination forms bought for him to contest the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The purported rejection was announced by his media office hours after a group called Nomadic Pastoralists and the Almajiri Communities led by one Ibrahim…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Defense on Wednesday explained its reasoning for rejecting Poland’s recent offer to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets into U.S. custody for delivery to Ukraine, describing the proposal as “high risk.” “The intelligence community has assessed that the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result…