LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd), said the officer he personally appointed to protect his life, Joseph Garba, Commander of the Federal Guards Unit, was among those who orchestrated his overthrow in the July 1975 coup. He said Garba had sworn before him, days before the putsch, that he…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-We shall never forget the sad event that occurred at Nkwọ Enugwu-Ukwu on Sunday September 11, 2022. On that day, I was returning from Nnewi Diocesan Synod and as if it was a movie, bullets started raining from all angles and sadly, two of my Aides; Ikechukwu Odum and Goodnews Matthias as…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has begun an analysis of the call logs of the detained aides to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. It was gathered that the DSS will carry out a forensic analysis of the call logs, messages and other contents on the phones of…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr. Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State says he has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19. Umahi in a statement Saturday morning said some close aides also tested positive for the virus after their samples were tested. He added that they are asymptomatic and have gone into isolation as prescribed by…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja has jailed six Nigerian Air Force personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The PUNCH reports that Badeh was shot dead in December 2018 by gunmen while on his way back from his farm. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that 35 aides were not sacked from the Office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo but that they were redeployed to a new ministry. The President, who fielded questions from NTA State House Correspondent at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja,…
Osinbajo’s Aides Deny Receipt Of Sack Letters LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said to have been sacked by the Presidency have said they have not been sacked. They spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents on Thursday. Daily Trust online had on Thursday published a list of some persons said to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable tension in the seat of power, Aso Rock, over the alleged sack of 35 aides working with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. New Telegraph gathered that accusing fingers are being pointed at the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, as allegedly being behind the sack. The sack…