LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied reports in some of the media that it has authorize banks to accept N500 and N1,000 old notes as deposit. Recall that media houses have been spreading the information that CBN has directed Banks to collect old N500, and N1,000 notes from customers with…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party has reacted to claims that prominent Kaduna leader, Senator Nenadi Usman, was given N100million to organize its Kaduna State rally. According to the party, there was no time the sum of money mentioned in the content was given “as concocted by enemies of progress prepared from the pit of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has denied reports that the G-5 governors have endorsed any presidential candidate. He spoke at the Eneka Road roundabout during the inauguration of the Eneka-Igbo Etche Road project, shortly after arriving from the UK on Friday. He also denied having any interview with the BBC as alleged…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States embassy has denied the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Visa to travel to the US for planned engagement, a Federal Lawmaker confided in Pointblanknews.com. Pointblanknews.com learnt that the trip was meant to accommodate a political engagement but more importantly, to seek medical attention…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has denied offering N40 billion to the standard bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, to step down for him. Obi made this clarification on Monday at an interactive forum with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has denied releasing his manifesto ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The former Anambra state governor revealed this on Monday via his verified Twitter handle. He wrote, “We have not formally released our Manifesto. I will do so personally. It seems an earlier…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has denied ordering security operatives to detain Governor Nasir El-Rufai during the Anambra governorship election in 2013. Obi said he was also detained in his local government, hence he was not behind the directive for El-Rufai’s detention. On Monday, El-Rufai made the claim at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed as fake news, a viral message where he was quoted as endorsing the political prowess of All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and disparaging the military. Obasanjo in a viral WhatsApp message was quoted to have said: “I am not a politician; I…
