LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Chairman of the United States House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Representative Chris Smith, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari over the delay in conducting 2019 general election. In a statement issued yesterday, he said: “Responsibility for the delay of Nigeria’s presidential election lays squarely with President Muhammadu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Osaretin Igbinedion, second son of the ex-Edo governor, Lucky Igbinedion, and a nephew have been reported dead in a ghastly auto accident in America. Osaretin, according to a family source, was said to have died in the early hours of yesterday in the accident. The source also urged Nigerians to pray…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGES)-The 42nd President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton; and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, have been named dignitaries for the goodwill messages at the signing of the National Peace Accord. The event has been scheduled for the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, February 13. Promoters…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari got a boost on Monday when Mr Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, stormed the United States to galvanise Nigerians to support Buhari for the Feb. 16 presidential election. Obasanjo, who is the President, The Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), said he was in…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has reacted to the position of both the United States of America and her United Kingdom counterpart on the suspension of the country’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. A statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said as much as Nigeria…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, has highlighted reasons the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential candidate president Muhammadu Buhari may win the next month presidential poll. The institute in a publication on Tuesday said: “Buhari appears to have a slight advantage going into the election.” The…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States of America (USA) has vowed to penalize any one who interferes the in the smooth democratic process in the coming Nigeria election. In a statement made available to NewsRangers, the US government reiterated that it is not in support of any candidate, adding that the conduct of the up…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the February 16 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo will in the coming days embark on foreign trips where he will market Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the international community on why he thinks he will make a good president of Nigeria if…