LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has ordered a ban on importation of foreign goods, especially those that can be produced locally in Nigeria. Tinubu also placed a caveat on expatriates coming into Nigeria to execute jobs, which local contractors and artisans can undertake, unless there is convincing justification for it, including express permission from…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration have requested a 90-day extension from a United States District Court to produce documents relating to an alleged drug investigation involving President Bola Tinubu dating back to the 1990s. The request was submitted on Thursday in a joint status report filed with…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Parties involved in the investigation of the alleged drug-related case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 1990s are expected to release investigation reports on Friday, May 2 as ordered by the court. The agencies expected to make their investigation reports available are US Attorneys, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to cut short his two-week foreign trip and return to address what he described as an escalating security crisis across the country. Obi, in a statement shared via his social media handles, called out…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied claims that he endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term ahead of the 2027 general election. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that a viral story titled “Tinubu Will Win 2027 Presidential Election – Goodluck Jonathan” claimed the former leader had declared that no opposition coalition would be…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the recent ban placed on a song by Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem, describing the development as a return to the culture of censorship and a threat to the right to free expression. In a statement issued from New York University, Abu Dhabi, on Sunday, Soyinka…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reluctantly approved the sack of Mele Kolo Kyari as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), following mounting concerns about some aspects of the company’s operations. The president announced Kyari’s removal alongside the dissolution of the NNPCL…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited board, President Bola Tinubu has removed the chairman, Pius Akinyelure and the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari. Consequently, the President appointed Bashir Ojulari as the new CEO, effective from April 2, 2025. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo…