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…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with a renewed mandate to foster sustainable development on the continent. In goodwill messages to mark Adesina’s inauguration, Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Paul Kagame…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Army colonel Assimi Goita on Wednesday introduced himself as Mali’s new military strongman a day after a coup that was condemned by the international community but won support from the country’s opposition. The African Union, European Union, the United States and the UN Security Council have all demanded the junta free President…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The exoneration of African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by an Independent Review Panel set up to investigate allegations of ethical wrongdoings leveled against him, is a welcome development which paves the way for his second term as President of the Bank. Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the…
