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…
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…
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…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- No fewer than 20,000 Anambrarians from the 21 local government areas of the state and beyond on Sunday gathered at Emmaus House in the state capital, Awka, to formally receive the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi. The crowd that spilled over the massive field…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Nigerian Soldiers were repored to have stormed the Abuja and Borno offices of Daily Ttrust Newspapers carting away computers, phones and arresting journalists. Below is a statement from the Newspaper; “Armed soldiers have invaded Daily Trust head office in Abuja, hours after taking over the Newspaper’s regional office in Maiduguri, Borno state…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital, New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has reacted to a short audio that has gone viral online, in which Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi allegedly spoke ill about the President. Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, posted the clip on his page….
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has been heard in an audio recording to be expressing shocking pessimistic views about Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, whose re-election bid he leads. The recording was shared with PREMIUM TIMES by Phrank Shaibu, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar campaign. Mr Abubakar, billionaire…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The tranquile peace in the Niger Delta may have been shattered as a militant group has attacked an oil facility belonging to Conoil. The militant group called Koluama Seven Brothers (KSB)confirmed it blew an oil pipeline at Conoil’s Angle 2 field located in Koluama, Bayelsa State. The group also warned it would…
