LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted claims that its Director of Information and Communication Technology, Mr Chidi Nwafor, has resigned. The commission made the clarification in a notice on its official Twitter handle @inecnigeria, on Saturday. It described the rumour as false, urging members of the public to disregard it. “The…
LAGOS MAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A Minister of State in Ghana, Rockson Bukari has resigned his position after he was caught on tape attempting to bribe a journalist. The Minister was trying to stop the journalist from publishing damaging reports involving a mining company. Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has since accepted the Minister’s resignation and wished him well….
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Algerian President Bouteflika has resigned, bowing to mass protest, Algeria’s state news agency APS reported on Monday. He will give up his office before his designated end-of-term date on April 28. The decision came after hundreds of people demonstrated in Algiers against Bouteflika’s new government. Protesters carried slogans describing the new cabinet as…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Bukola Saraki has asked Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to quit politics. Saraki made the statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a remembrance ceremony held in honour of his late father. On Sunday, the Department of State Services (DSS) had detained Oshiomhole…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior aide of Kemi Adeosun reportedly claimed the minister has not resigned her appointment. The minister was allegedly at her office and her aides performing their normal duties after the unconfirmed report of her resignation broke The aide, who spoke to the press, said the news of her resignation was an…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Wenger, 68, announced on Friday that he will be leaving the Gunners at the end of the current 2017/18 campaign despite having one year remaining on his contract. Here is the statement from Wenger in full which was posted on Arsenal’s website with the heading “Merci Arsene” taking center stage. “After careful…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jacob Zuma has quit as President of South Africa, finally succumbing to a slew of corruption scandals that have drained support from his ruling African National Congress party. “No life should be lost in my name and also the ANC should never be divided in my name,” he said during a nationally…