LAGOS MAY 23RD(NEWSRANGERS)-The Democratic Republic of Congo’s senate has stripped former President Joseph Kabila of his immunity, paving the way for his prosecution over his alleged backing of rebels in the east. Authorities have accused him of treason and war crimes, saying there was a “substantial body of documents, testimony and material facts” linking Kabila…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal lawmaker Senator George Sekibo confirmed to Channels Television on Tuesday that some senators are planning to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral act amendment bill. He said they have compiled 73 signatures to veto the President. The 109-member Senate will require a two-thirds majority to veto the bill into…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, has said that Boko Haram terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock officials as sponsors during interrogation but the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has demonstrated an unwillingness to go after the high-profile politicians for reasons best known to him. Olawunmi spoke…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A pro-democracy group, Democracy Vanguard of Nigeria in Diaspora (DVND) has written a letter to the United States of America, seeking a Visa ban on Senators who voted against electronic transmission of results. Considering the report of the Committee led by Senator Kabiru Gaya on the Independent National Electoral Commission on the…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has asked Nigerians to stop blaming the federal lawmakers for the non-rehabilitation of the National Assembly which led to the leaking of its roof following a downpour on Tuesday. Many Nigerians had taken to the social media immediately after the report of the leaking roofs…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 members of the House of Representatives are expected to appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges over the allegations bordering on the execution of over N100 billion in the controversial 2018 emergency projects awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This followed the directive issued…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-TheSenate is the highest and most respected lawmaking body anywhere in the world. Interestingly, Nigeria is not an exception. Though it has become a retirement home for tired former governors who can barely walk without support and former ministers who are battling to scare off corruption probes, it is notwithstanding a part…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister, in a document attached to his response to the threat by the House of Representatives to sue…