LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers,GOCOP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his government’s decision to suspend Twitter in Nigeria. GOCOP made this call in a statement signed by its President, Mr Dotun Oladipo and General Secretary, Mr Danlami Nmodu, mni on Monday. According to GOCOP, the suspension of Twitter…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called for serious investigation to determine the sponsors of the so-called unknown gunmen in the South-East and South-South. It noted that the agenda may be tenure elongation as a result of eventual state of emergency that may be declared by…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-There are indications that fierce sucession battles lie ahead for the SCOAN. According to credible sources, the leadership of the church is structured in such a way that TB Joshua is the overall leader while he has many lieutenants called ‘Wise men’. These ‘Wise men’ are undergo trainings in the Synagogue and…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has expressed concern over the resignation of 105 doctors in the service of Ondo in the last year. Its State Chairman, Dr. Stella Adegbehingbe and State Secretary, Dr. Olorunfemi Owa in a statement released in Akure blamed the trend on irregular and percentage payment of salaries by…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services have summoned controversial priest, Ejike Mbaka, to Abuja for questioning. SaharaReporters gathered that the operatives visited the church to drop the letter of invitation. However, they didn’t meet the cleric at the church premises. Details of why the intelligence unit summoned the priest were not…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives led by Abba Kyari of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team have shot and killed a gang leader in the state popularly known as Dragon and four others. Members of the gang had attempted to attack the state police command headquarters in Owerri. Briefing journalists at the command…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian economy may have declined by over 2billion Naira in just one day of Twitter ban. This is if the statistics of Netblocks.org, a mapping internet freedom platform is anything to rely upon. The platform automatically aggregates cost of shutdown tools and estimates the economic impacts of an internet disruption, mobile…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United Nigeria Airline aircraft on a flight number U50515 from Port Harcourt to Abuja airport yesterday made air return to Port Harcourt on almost getting to Abuja after running into turbulence at Abuja. Mr Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, Head, Corporate Communications, United Nigeria Airline, in a statement yesterday said : ” A United…
