Archive for: January, 2019

FG Reaches Agreement With Striking University Lecturers, Releases N15.4bn

LAGOS JANUARY 8H (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Addressing journalists on Monday evening after the meeting with the striking lecturers in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the majority of their demands have been met including the release of […]

Buhari Is Deceiving Tinubu With Presidential Campaign Appointment- Afenifere

LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari making the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, leader of his campaign team is deceitful. The spokesperson for the group, Yinka Odumakin, said the President should not use that as an excuse to avoid the Presidential […]

Crisis Rocks Atiku’s Presidential Campaign In Ekiti – Tribune

LAGOS JANURY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State looks set for a bumpy ride as the rivalry between immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose and the Senate Minority Leader, Chief Biodun Olujimi, has taken the center stage as the state chapter of the Presidential Campaign Council […]

Gov Umahi Distances Ebonyi State From Biafra Activities

LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebonyi state Governor, Engr. David Umahi, on Sunday, said Ebonyi is not part of Biafra. According to him, his state was not part of the states that formed the “Sovereign States of Biafra,” which had been proclaimed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Punch reports. Umahi, who also serves as Chairman […]

Media Rights Agency Decries Raid On Daily Trust, Calls For Punitive Measures against Perpetrators

LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the military invasion, occupation and takeover of the Abuja and Maiduguri offices of Daily Trust newspaper and called on the Federal Government to take punitive action against the perpetrators in order to end the cycle of abuse of power by military officers. While commending President […]

JUST IN: Tinubu To Lead APC 2019 Campaign

LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGER) The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will now lead the party’s campaigns for the February general elections as against President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Chairman of the APC Campaign Council. Buhari stated this on Monday while inaugurating the campaign council. The President said the reason […]

Why Soldiers Besieged DailyTrust Offices

LAGOS JANUARY 7T (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Spokesman, John Agim, has explained why the military invaded and shut down the operations of DailyTrust offices in Abuja and Maiduguri in Borno State. According to him, the invasion was not to stop the press from doing their job but because the medium made a publication that revealed the plans […]

Gabon: Govt Foils Attempted Coup, Arrests Four Rebels-BBC

LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is “under control”, following an attempted military coup. Guy-Bertrand Mapangou told the BBC that four of the rebels had been arrested by the authorities. A fifth is on the run. The junior officers claimed they seized power […]

JUST IN: Presidency Orders Army To Vacate Daily Trust Offices

LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has directed the military to vacate the premises of Daily Trust offices and the order has been complied with. The government in a statement by Garba Shehu the Official Spokesperson to the President on Sunday night said that issues between the military and the newspaper as they affect the […]

JTF, Bayelsa Residents Describe Report On N’Delta Militants Attack As ‘Fake News’

LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military and community sources in Bayelsa have described some media reports of militants’ attack on an oil pipeline in Koluama 1, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state as “fake news.” Some media have had reported that a militant group blew up a pipeline within Conoil’s oilfield near the Atlantic coastline […]

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