LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has denied saying that incidents of kidnapping in Nigeria is ‘’exaggerated and not entirely new”. Osinbajo reportedly made the assertion while addressing Nigerians in Diaspora at a townhall meeting Monday in New York. However, a statement issued and signed by his Senior Special Assistant Mr. Laolu Akande,…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who is the forme president of nigeria, has come out openly to attack Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over some of the issues he (Osinbajo) raised during his visit to the United States of America. The Vice President who spoke in New York yesterday, did claim that, “As at 2010, Nigeria…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he sacked the retired Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, saying that he dealt with him for having in his possession undeclared foreign and local currencies. Nigerian Tribune reports that he made the disclosure on Tuesday, June 25, while receiving some Yoruba leaders…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the February 23, 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal did not reject his request to check the INEC server as claimed by the Presidency. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari,…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The young Nigerian who ordered Prof. Wole Soyinka out of his seat on a flight has broken his silence on why he took the action. The young man’s name is Tosin Odunfa. His comment was posted on the Instagram page of Daddy Freeze and on Twitter. He said the matter was blown…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Tuesday, said it had commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the unscheduled diversion of Helicopter owned by Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd. This came as controversy continued to rage among aviation experts on the propriety or otherwise of an helicopter landing on a busy highway to pick a…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in Edo as youths of Okada area blocked the Benin – Lagos expressway smashing wind screens of vehicles belonging to travellers over the death of a woman allegedly killed by herdsmen. It was gathered that the incident happened at Okada junction by Ofumwengbe community in Ovia North-East local government…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been an overwhelming debate as to what transpired between Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and a ‘young man’ that asked for his seat before a flight. Media Mogul, Mo Abudu, shared a mail from Professor Wole Soyinka on her Instagram page, where the Nobel Laureate gave a short explanation on…