LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that Israel’s offensive creates “massive obstacles” to distribution of humanitarian aid….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) has debunked media reports that an elderly female worshipper, name not known, had slumped and died during a programme at the Prayer City, a religious arena owned by the church. Speaking in a statement, Brother Collins Edomaruse, media aide to the General Overseer (worldwide)…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has condemned an online report attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike, describing the report as false and totally misleading. In a statement by its management on Tuesday, the company also…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has debunked the claim by the Lagos State Police Command that it had not responded to an inquiry sent to it on the deceased singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. The Lagos State Police Command had told a news conference on Friday that the NDLEA had yet…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has denied reports that the body has asked lawyers to the 2023 Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi respectively to apologize. In a statement yesterday by…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kehinde Akinyemi, spokesperson to the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has reacted to claim in a viral video that the former Nigerian President is dead. According to Dubawa, a WhatsApp video suggesting Obasanjo was dead went viral on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. The fact-checking platform said the video was captioned in French –…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tobi Amusan has not been given the all-clear to defend her title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary next week, according to World Athletics. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had excluded her name from the upcoming competition as a result of the doping investigation she was undergoing. But the AFN…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra Governor and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has denied reports that he is aspiring for the 2027 presidential election from 2023. In a statement on his Twitter handle, Obi said the reports are “bogus” and that he has never granted any interview or press remarks to…