Archive for: July, 2021

Twitter Ban: Nigerians Loses Over N100bn 51 Days As Jack Dorsey Revenue Rises

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s almost two months since the Nigerian Government shutdown Twitter operation in the country, and findings show that Nigerians have lost more than Jack Dorsey, founder of the tech firm. On June 5, the Federal Government announced that Twitter’s services will no longer be allowed within the territory of the country, a […]

‘Why Nnamdi Kanu Was Not Produced In Court During Trial’

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services gave “logistics difficulties” for not producing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in court on Monday, a member of the IPOB leader’s legal team, Aloy Ejimakor, has said. The lawyer stated this in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday. The PUNCH […]

Beninese Court Tries Sunday Igboho Behind Closed Doors In Cotonou

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho was  tried behind closed doors at the Cour D’Appel De Cotonou. Journalists and his supporters were barred from the court proceeding, The PUNCH was told. It was learnt that only his lawyers and wife were allowed to witness the proceeding. The Beninese court […]

Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial In Abuja Shuts Down Commercial Activities In Parts Of Anambra

LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial activities were grounded for hours in parts of Anambra on Monday as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra went underway in Abuja. Mostly affected were the commercial centres of Onitsha and Nnewi where major markets were shut. African Examiner reports that vehicular movements within […]

Buhari Jets Out To London Today For Medical Check-Up, Summit

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will leave Abuja today for London to see his doctors and participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education 2021-2025. This was contained in a statement by the president’s media adviser, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari attends global education summit in […]

Uduak Akpan, Killer Of Akwa Ibom Job Seeker Pleads Guilty To Murder

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uduak Akpan on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of Iniubong Umoren, the Akwa Ibom woman who was lured out of her home with a fake job interview. He was arraigned before a State High Court judge in Uyo. Miss Umoren was raped and killed in April in the outskirts of Uyo […]

Bakare Carpets Unnamed Govt Official, Says Change Of Baton Imminent

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Serving Overseer, Citadel Global Community Church, (formerly called The Latter Rain Assembly), Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, dared an official of the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to come after him if the government was offended by his recent pronouncements, which he said had become unsettling […]

Reactions Trail Bandits Holding 87 Baptist School Students After Collection Of N50m Ransom

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-eight students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, were released on Sunday after spending 20 days in bandits’ den. Those who regained their freedom were among the 121  students who were abducted when bandits invaded the school on July 5. The PUNCH gathered that the bandits released the students after collecting […]

Inside The Shocking Airport ‘Abduction’ Of IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Witnesses to the shocking public kidnapping of Nigerian and British national Nnamdi Kanu—head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group—told The Daily Beast that the separatist leader was stepping out of his car at an airport when a group of heavily armed men forcefully seized him to arrange his transfer to […]

Nigerian Army Reacts To Viral Video Of Men In Uniform Destroying Farmlands In S/East

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With a title, “DISCLAIMER:  DISREGARD DOCTORED VIDEO AIMED AT DENIGRATING THE NA”, the Nigerian army in a statement signed by Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations, has denied reports that soldiers of the Nigerian army invaded and destroyed farmlands in Enugu, South East of Nigeria, stressing that the video footage […]

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