LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to have a rethink on its directive on cryptocurrency transactions in the country. This advice, which was contained in a statement on Saturday, was in reaction to the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks and other financial institutions…
Senator Ben Ayade, through Blessing Egbara, the Commissioner for Humanity and Social Welfare, visited the Moslem Community, during the occasion of the Eid Eil Fitr and shared gift items, as a gesture of practical love and unity. During the visit, the Commissioner, unbehalf of the Governor, appealed to all Moslems within and other parts of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has scored the highest number of votes in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election and has been declared the winner. The result of the election, held in all Edo’s 18 local governments, was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security agencies on Tuesday said they uncovered dead bodies, decapitated human heads and roasted bodies at the ESN members and kidnappers camps during their last Monday operation which led to the arrest of over 30 kidnappers. The Imo state Director of Security Services, DSS, Wilcox Idaminabo, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri,…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The running mate to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku in the forthcoming 2019 General Elections, Mr. Peter Obi has described Atiku’s trip to the USA as necessary and not undertaken to prove any point. Obi was reacting to the question by the media at the Domestic Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport yesterday on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several websites established around the time of Nigeria’s general elections in February 2023 are reaching thousands of people while spreading false news, the BBC has found. A high number of adverts on the websites mean they can be profiting from the spread of disinformation. They weave false stories with factual news…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Security Challenges has called for scrapping of Almajiri system of knowledge acquisition in the northern part of the country. This, it said, would block the recruitment avenue for Boko Haram insurgents. In the series of recommendations to be adopted by the Senate Thursday, the committee also called…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-After nearly three years Jehovah’s Witnesses will be resuming their larger gatherings from January 7, 2023. These assemblies have been held virtually since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though they resumed meeting at their Kingdom Halls from April 2022, their larger assembly facilities remained under lockdown. The national spokesman for…