LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to chiefs and leaders in Andoni Local Government Area to ensure the immediate release of three kidnapped expatriates. The governor’s directives are contained in a statement on Saturday by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, his Special Assistant on Electronic Media. According to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operator of the Oil Mining Lease OML30, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, has concluded plans to execute development projects worth hundreds of Millions of Naira in the 112 host communities in OML30. It will be recalled that Heritage had on May 7th 2019, released the sum of N1.2 billion as the 2018…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the suspension of the licences of African Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Speaking with newsmen on Saturday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Obi said that it…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Ayodele Adewale, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to unfreeze the bank accounts of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola frozen during the military regime of the late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha. Adewale, who applauded Buhari for the…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights movement under the aegis of Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance has made a new discovery of 16 illegal slots of radio licenses approved by the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Ishaq Kawu Modibbo for himself and cabals in the Presidency. The development was said to…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian security agencies have surrounded the premises of African Independent Television (AIT) after the station reopened Friday, an official said. The private broadcaster returned on air late Friday after enduring over 24 hours of shutdown by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Federal High Court in Abuja voided the government’s suspension of…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Liberia have blocked the internet in what is perceived to be a move to suppress ongoing anti-government protests in the capital, Monrovia. Netblocks, an organisation that monitors internet disruptions and shutdowns, confirmed the shutdown on Friday afternoon, saying access to social networking platforms Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat had…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A YouTube video from unconventional Nigerian prophet, T.B. Joshua, has surfaced, showing what it calls “the largest church offering never collected”. On June 1, 2019, more than 15,000 gathered in the prestigious FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, UK for an event dubbed: “Emmanuel TV UK Revival.” In events of such nature, it is…
