LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday quashed rumours that the Naira redesign policy of the apex bank was a plot to scuttle the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu or frustrate the president-elect’s political interests. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that a popular Nigerian newspaper had reported today…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eighteen female guards have been fired for having illicit affairs with inmates at a cell in Britain. It was discovered that the relationships took place over the past six years at HMP Berwyn, Britain’s biggest prison, Daily Mail reported on Sunday. Chair of the Prison Officers’ Association, Mark Fairhurst, blamed the relationships…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following its dissatisfaction with the outcome of the just concluded presidential election, the legal team of the Labour Party has arrived at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja to inspect materials. Channels TV reports that the team are currently meeting with officials of the commission. The meeting with INEC officials,…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has revealed that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State came against him during the February 25 presidential election. Obi also criticized those who claim the votes he got in Lagos were mainly from the Igbos. The former Anambra State Governor gave the statement on…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger said to be a Nigerian national identified as Abdullah died mid-flight on a Doha-bound IndiGo flight forcing it to make an emergency landing at the Karachi International Airport. The Airport Medical Staff at the Jinnah International Airport declared the Nigerian passenger dead upon arrival. The pilot of flight 6E-1736 requested…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ogun have rescued Oluseun Oduneye, a journalist who was kidnapped in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. Oduneye, publisher of Issues Magazine, was abducted on Thursday. In a statement on Monday, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s spokesperson, said Oduneye was rescued after a gun duel that lasted for about…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian International and Super Falcons Chief Coach, Alhaji Isma’ila Mabo, is dead. Family sources confirmed he died in early hours of Monday in Jos, aged 78. Amongst some of the football personalities that paid tributes to Mabo include former NFA General Secretary, Ahmed Sani Toro. The Yeriman Toro prayed Allah to …
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Afegbua family announced the death of Senator Franca Afegbua in a statement issued on Sunday. “The Afegbua family of Edo State has confirmed the demise of the first woman senator in Nigeria, Senator Franca Afegbua, whose sad event occurred this morning, Sunday, March 12, 2023. She combined beauty and brain during…
