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…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has warned of an increased threat by Book Haram to carry out terrorist attacks in Nigeria especially as the general elections approach. In a Security Alert issued on Friday, Jan. 18, via its website, in Nigeria, the US noted that “there is an increase in ISIS propaganda videos specifically…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The running mate to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku in the forthcoming 2019 General Elections, Mr. Peter Obi has described Atiku’s trip to the USA as necessary and not undertaken to prove any point. Obi was reacting to the question by the media at the Domestic Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport yesterday on…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an interview with VOA Hausa Service in Washington DC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said stories that he was banned from the United States was ‘disinformation’. He also confirmed that the United States is in support of his candidacy. He spoke on Thursday, after his arrival to the US capital, where he lodged…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that the candidate of the opposition PDP in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has questions to answer when he returns from his current trip to the United States. The government said it is investigating Mr Abubakar’s alleged role in the collapse of former Bank PHB….