LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the military invasion, occupation and takeover of the Abuja and Maiduguri offices of Daily Trust newspaper and called on the Federal Government to take punitive action against the perpetrators in order to end the cycle of abuse of power by military officers. While commending President…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGER) The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will now lead the party’s campaigns for the February general elections as against President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Chairman of the APC Campaign Council. Buhari stated this on Monday while inaugurating the campaign council. The President said the reason…
LAGOS JANUARY 7T (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Spokesman, John Agim, has explained why the military invaded and shut down the operations of DailyTrust offices in Abuja and Maiduguri in Borno State. According to him, the invasion was not to stop the press from doing their job but because the medium made a publication that revealed the plans…
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…
