LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded the name of Peter Obi onto its portal as the presidential candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, despite a recent court ruling that deregistered the political party. The development follows a judgment by Justice Isa H. Dashen of the Federal High Court in Lokoja,…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several countries on Monday formally presented their goodwill messages and letters of support and solidarity to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The letters were presented to the president by the special envoys and heads of missions of the countries after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria….
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters gathered outside the rural home of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Friday in a show of solidarity as he faced a deadline for surrendering to police for contempt of court. In an unprecedented ruling, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday handed Zuma a 15-month jail term for repeatedly refusing to comply…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As a French-born Muslim, Elyazid Benferhat’s stomach turned when he heard about a deadly Islamic extremist attack on a church in Nice. Then he decided to act. A self-described man of peace and pragmatism, Benferhat and a friend gathered a group of young Muslim men to stand guard outside their town’s cathedral…