LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and the recruitment of 28,000 additional personnel to strengthen the country’s security architecture. The move, according to the Presidency, is aimed at improving the operational effectiveness of the Army and enhancing its capacity to respond to…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to review controversial provisions of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, warning that aspects of the proposed legislation could infringe on Nigerians’ constitutional rights and worsen the plight of vulnerable citizens. The…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who has been accused of posing as the Director-General of the Project Fund and Public Infrastructure and Finance Commission (PFIPC), has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, calling for an independent, multi-stakeholder investigation into the alleged PFIPC scandal and the controversial ₦1.3billion allocation inserted into…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Identity Management Commission {NIMC) has expressed its profound gratitude to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his visionary leadership and decisive action in signing this historic legislation into law. The NIMC in a statement signed by Kayode Adegoke, PhD Head, Corporate Communications National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has used his 2026 Democracy Day address to celebrate Nigeria’s 27 consecutive years of civilian rule, reaffirm commitment to economic reforms and security operations, and announce national honours for dozens of pro-democracy activists and military officers who played roles in the June 12 struggle. Tinubu said Nigeria had achieved…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2027 Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, has uncovered stark impropriety in Bola Tinubu’s three-year reign and asks for an explanation. Obi, who took a holistic look at the borrowing habit of the APC-controlled federal government from the Muhammadu Buhari era, wrote in his X handle…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has approved a 50% discount on all passenger train services operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC. This is to cushion transportation costs for Nigerians during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The president said the discount will take effect from Tuesday, May 26, 2026, until Monday, June 1, 2026. Passengers travelling on NRC…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Zekeri Umoru, one of the suspected coup plotters, on Wednesday said discussions were held on switching off the electricity supply to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to aid the alleged coup targeted at President Bola Tinubu and other top government officials. Mr Umoru, a Julius Berger Nigeria Plc employee in the Maintenance…
