LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An interview involving Lere Olayinka, spokesperson to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, was cut short on Arise News after he refused to respond to questions from journalist Rufai Oseni. The exchange occurred during the station’s Morning Show while the panel was discussing corruption allegations, political weaponisation of investigations and Wike’s defence of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, has paid a visit to renowned journalist Donu Kogbara following her critical remarks about him during an Arise TV interview. Kogbara, a columnist in Vanguard newspaper, had stated that Obi had gone from top to bottom while speaking to Charles Aniagolu of Arise TV. In…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Bolanle Olukanni, daughter of Ambassador Ayoola Olukanni, former Nigerian Commissioner to Australia between 2011 and 2015, recently lamented that her parents were denied visas because of the fear they would not return. Olukanni, who shared her frustration with having a Nigerian passport via her X handle on Monday, said her father, who…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil society organisations expressed mixed reactions as the National Broadcasting Commission fined Arise TV for airing fake reports about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. NBC on Monday fined Arise TV N2m for breaching the broadcasting code. Reacting, the Executive Director, Transition Monitoring Group, Auwal Rafsanjani, urged…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has blamed the Federal Government for the breakdown of security in the state. This is as he expressed displeasure at the recent statement made by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF Abubakar Malami, ahead of the November 6 governorship election…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Political Analyst and Executive Director of Development Specs Academy, Dr Okey Okechukwu, has described former Governor of Anambra State and 2019 Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, as one who performed exceptionally well and set new records of excellence in public office. Speaking on ARISE…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammad Buhari has turned down a question on the suspension of operations of the micro blogging and social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria. In a statement last week, Minister of information and Tourism Lai Mohammed had announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. He stated that the government was…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), says bandits “want genuine peace”. Yusuf disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on Arise TV saying that he has learned from several meetings with the bandits that they are willing to listen to religious leaders. “This is what we…
