LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE embattled Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority NMDPRA Engr. Farouk Ahmed and his counterpart in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, have resigned. Already, President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the NMDPRA…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has rejected allegations of Christian genocide in Nigeria, stating that the country strictly upholds the constitutional guarantees of religious liberty. In a statement he personally signed on Friday, Mr Tinubu kicked against the claim of an existential threat to the Nigerian Christian faith made by US President Donald…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for its remarkable progress in identity management, announcing that over 126 million Nigerians have now been enrolled in the National Identity Database. Speaking at the National Day of Identity celebration on Tuesday in Abuja, the President—represented by the Secretary…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to take urgent measures to reduce food prices nationwide, with a particular focus on ensuring the safe and unhindered movement of farm produce across transport routes. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, disclosed this on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu spent his Wednesday afternoon in a working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris as his 10-day working leave enters its fifth day. Pictures released by the State House Media Office on Wednesday afternoon showed Tinubu and Macron in a warm handshake as…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he is in a hurry to see Nigeria rise to greatness. He said he is “getting close” to his departure lounge in life. Obasanjo made the remark while speaking on his new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, where he assessed the country’s leadership journey and issued stern…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Media aide to Mr Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Valentine Obienyem, has described the allegation against his principal, plotting a coup to dethrone President Bola Tinubu, as a dangerous joke taken too far. He also described the allegation as reckless, seditious and absurd, adding that…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially approved a one-year extension for the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, whose tenure was originally set to end on August 31, 2025. According to a statement issued on Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…