LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for one match for making an alleged offensive gesture during a Saudi Arabia league game while playing for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. After Al-Nassr defeated Riyadh rival Al-Shabab 3-2 on Sunday, video footage appeared to show Ronaldo cupping his ear and repeatedly thrusting his…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has reacted to the recent suspension of the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. Reacting to the suspension in a tweet via his official X account on Wednesday, Obi welcomed the suspension of the embattled…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian stock market rose to its highest level since July 2008 on Tuesday, the first day of trading after the suspension of the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. According to a report by Bloomberg, investors are betting on a currency devaluation and sent the main index of the Nigerian Exchange to above 57,437…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) has faulted the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) by President Bola Tinubu. The party said Emefiele’s suspension was unconstitutional because the President didn’t seek the permission of the National Assembly. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party,…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has issued a formal request to the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) to suspend one of its members, Mr. Adekunle Onabekun, after found to have deceived unsuspecting participants by falsely claiming to facilitate quick membership into the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The journalist who published the alleged phone conversation between the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has been suspended. Peoples Gazette suspended Ayoola Babalola on Tuesday for online behavior that violated the newspaper’s social media policy and called…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party led by the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, has reversed the suspension of the party’s chieftains including a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and an-President of the Senate, Pius Anyim. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The ward of Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has suspended him. His suspension is contained in a letter signed by Muazu Kabiri, an official of the party in Gwadabawa Ward of Jimeta. According to Kabiri, the SGF did…