LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For the first time, the true account of how Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, the man who on January 15, 1966 led Nigeria’s first military coup, eventually died during the Nigeria-Biafra War of 1967-70. In a revealing interview published by Sunday Sun, Nzeogwu’s younger sister, Mrs. Susan Uwechie, narrated how her brother was…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, on Sunday said that Nigeria was yet civilised and mature for states to operate their own police systems. Tsav stated this in a statement he personally signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi. He said that he was…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to chiefs and leaders in Andoni Local Government Area to ensure the immediate release of three kidnapped expatriates. The governor’s directives are contained in a statement on Saturday by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, his Special Assistant on Electronic Media. According to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operator of the Oil Mining Lease OML30, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, has concluded plans to execute development projects worth hundreds of Millions of Naira in the 112 host communities in OML30. It will be recalled that Heritage had on May 7th 2019, released the sum of N1.2 billion as the 2018…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the suspension of the licences of African Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Speaking with newsmen on Saturday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Obi said that it…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Ayodele Adewale, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to unfreeze the bank accounts of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola frozen during the military regime of the late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha. Adewale, who applauded Buhari for the…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights movement under the aegis of Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance has made a new discovery of 16 illegal slots of radio licenses approved by the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Ishaq Kawu Modibbo for himself and cabals in the Presidency. The development was said to…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security agencies have surrounded the premises of African Independent Television (AIT) after the station reopened Friday, an official said. The private broadcaster returned on air late Friday after enduring over 24 hours of shutdown by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Federal High Court in Abuja voided the government’s suspension of…