LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice President for Agriculture, the Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Jennifer Blanke, has resigned her position. The bank’s Communications and External Relations Department made this known in a statement yesterday, saying Blanke’s resignation would take effect July 4, 2020. She was quoted as saying: “I…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity in criminal matters if the alteration being proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the Senate sails through, The Nation learnt on Thursday. Also to lose immunity is the Vice President, Governors and their deputies in the impending alteration. This followed the second reading of a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-dmg events, an international events company, has appointed Sunny Bath to the role of Vice President for Data Management. In his new role Sunny will be ensuring the most efficient use of data across the full scope of the dmg events’ portfolio, defining the company’s data road map and its technical requirements,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A new proposed official residence of the Vice President of Nigeria is yet to be completed and put to use almost a decade after construction started. Apart from the presence of a few security personnel at the site, the building has now been overtaken by weeds and reptiles. The Federal Executive Council…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called for the restructuring of the National Youth Service Scheme to be in sync with global development, by incorporating one year of skill acquisition. Obi made this call yesterday while speaking to over 1,000 National Youth Corps Members at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12H (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented as truly painful, the passing away of Dr. Dozie Ikedife, an elder statesman and former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Obi, the immediate past governor of Anambra State, described Dr. Ikedife, who died on Tuesday evening, December 11,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has charged his supporters not to attack or insult anybody on his behalf, distancing himself from any such undemocratic conduct. He gave the charge in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 180-member caucus of former National Assembly lawmakers from the South East region has insisted that the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, was the best choice as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. A former member of the House of Representatives and…