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….
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Chamber of Commerce has confirmed a private meeting with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a mailed response to TheCable’s inquiries on attending the meeting, Katharine Cooksey, senior manager, media and external communications, US Chamber of Commerce, said no reporters will be able…
LAGOS JANURY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday arrived Washington D.C on a visit to the United States. In a post on Twitter, Atiku said: “Just arrived Washington D.C for meeting with U.S. government officials, Nigerians living in D.C metropolis and the…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has not travelled to the United States of America (USA), his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Paul Ibe, has said. Ibe told our correspondent via a telephone chat Thursday afternoon that online reports which stated that Atiku…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television has been arrested by the FBI during a visit to the U.S., the broadcaster reported Wednesday, and her son said she was being held in a prison, apparently as a material witness. Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network’s English-language service, was detained in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Saturday pinned the recent deaths of two migrant children on the southern U.S. border on his usual political foe, the Democrats, along with what he called “their pathetic immigration policies.” Trump’s reaction came four days after an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy with the fludied in government custody after surrendering…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family members of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), may miss his burial as they remain on the watch list of the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Immigration Service, The PUNCH has learnt. Badeh’s widow, Mary Iya Badeh, and his two sons,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has travelled with a delegation of other lawmakers to the United States of America to attend President Donald Trump’s ‘Strategy for Africa’ to be unveiled on Thursday, December 13, 2018. In a statement signed by the Senate President’s spokesperson, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the US president’s new strategy for Africa…
