LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Emmanuel Macron says France will withdraw its troops from Mali but maintain a military presence in neighboring West African nations. Announcing the move during a Thursday news conference in Paris, Macron said, “We cannot remain militarily involved” alongside Malian transitional authorities with whom “we don’t share the strategy and goals.” France…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the lawyers of self-determination campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), Pelumi Olajengbesi, yesterday, withdrew from the agitator’s legal team. Olajengbesi, the Managing Partner, Law Corridor, in a terse statement on his official Facebook page, announced his withdrawal. His resignation followed a statement by the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Asian Football Confederation has announced North Korea has pulled out of qualification for the 2022 World Cup. “The (AFC) has today confirmed the withdrawal of the DPR Korea Football Association from the Asian Qualifiers,” the AFC said in a statement on Sunday. Pyongyang has not yet given an official reason for…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar El-Rufai, the seven-year-old son of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, who was enrolled in 2019 at the Kaduna Capital School, has been absent from school for several weeks till now, according to findings by SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters learnt that the boys absence from the school is strongly linked to the rising…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was dropping a legal challenge to Uganda’s presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, saying Supreme Court justices hearing the case were biased. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has withdrawn the registration certificate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and other socio-cultural groups in Nigeria. Disclosing this at the weekend in Abuja, the Registrar General of CAC, Mr Garba Abubakar, said the measure was part of the reforms the Commission was…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dominican Republic Withdraws Diezani Alison Madueke’s Diplomatic Status The Dominican Republic has withdrawn the diplomatic status it accorded the former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison Madueke. The Chairman of EFCC Mr Ibrahim Mustapha Magu stated this on Friday during a chat on TVC programme Journalists Hangout. Mr Magun who stated that…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Federal Government has withdrew the examination malpractices charges pressed against the former governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke and four others. This happened at the resumed hearing on Thursday, when the prosecution lawyer, Simon Lough said the state has amended the charge to…