LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied he was aboard the Ethiopian Airline Boeing 777-300 aircraft that initially aborted landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday. Newspapers widely reported Obasanjo was among the 393 passengers on the flight from Addis-Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. But Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi said the former…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was anxiety in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital on Wednesday as over 120 destitutes allegedly evacuated from the worshiping center of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), located at the Redemption Camp, along the Lagos – Ibadan expressway were dumped in the ancient Egba city. The destitutes, comprising of couples…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-As part of its fight against smuggling activities around border areas of Ogun State, the state command of Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted over 1.8tons of cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp. The Customs Area Controller, Michael Agbara made this known to newsmen on Tuesday at the command’s headquarters, Idiroko, Ogun State…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST NEWSRANGERS)-The free train service from Iju in Lagos to Abeokuta which was declared by the Federal Government on February 11 after the section was test-run only operated for two weeks before it was suspended. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) suspended the service amidst disappointment by passengers. However it was learnt that the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWRANGRS)-Hoodlums have disrupted the planned disbursement of TraderMoni to traders at Lafenwa Market in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the suspected political thugs disrupted the planned disbursement when officials of the programme were compiling the names of prospective beneficiaries at the stall of the Iyaloja, Mrs. Ramotalai Olatunji. It was…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Presidential candidate, Mrs Titi Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, said her husband Atiku Abubakar, would liberate Nigeria from what she termed “bondage” if elected in the February 16 election. Mrs Abubakar spoke at a Town Hall meeting she held with stakeholders in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital,…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians prepare to vote in next month’s presidential election, a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said his role would be that of a vigilant watchman, who would not hesitate to raise the alarm whenever there is any irregularities. Obasanjo said this, yesterday, in Abeokuta, while addressing a delegation of the Action…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13H (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday lamented the state of the nation, saying that many Nigerians are “disillusioned and hopelessly frustrated.” He equally hinted that Nigeria ought to have ceased to exist owing to “many mistakes that have been made, but God did not allow such calamity to befall the country”. Obasanjo…