LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several hundred Malians rallied in the capital Bamako on Friday to support the army, as well as Russia, AFP journalists said, after the military reasserted control in the unstable Sahel state this week. Military officers detained transitional president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane on Monday, before stripping them of their…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An overwhelming majority of Senate Republicans voted Tuesday against proceeding with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump — signaling for a second time that his conviction is all but impossible. The 56-44 vote to try Trump for allegedly inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters followed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has stressed importance of society to show love and support to physically challenged persons, while calling on the government to run an all-inclusive governance and make policies that will help the physically challenged to live…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is reaching out to the United States and South Korea to persuade them to back its pick to head the World Trade Organization, the trade ministry said on Friday, after the candidate’s last-minute rejection threw the selection process into confusion. The United States on Wednesday voiced its opposition to former Nigerian…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group, ‘I stand With Buhari’, has informed the police in Abuja of its plan to hold a 10 million-man march in support of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The Convener of the group, Ogochukwu Ezeaku, said this during an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, adding that he was positive that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has supported other regional socio-political groups and prominent Nigerians calling for restructuring of the country. The presidency last week claimed that those calling for restructuring were threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria., However, the NEF on Tuesday advised Nigerians not to be tired of demanding the restructuring…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, some powerbrokers in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are already mounting pressure on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the party, to bury his rumoured presidential ambition in 2023 and queue behind Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Daily Independent has gathered. Even though Tinubu is yet…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital on Tuesday in support of the junta that has seized power in a coup, as debate rages over the time frame for the country’s return to civilian rule. Months of protests over the simmering jihadist insurgency, bloody ethnic violence and endemic corruption in the country…