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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as misleading media reports that some seven million Nigerians who applied for online pre-registration as voters during the last nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) were denied the opportunity to complete their registration and consequently the collection of their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). In…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Embassy in Harare on Thursday said a letter purportedly sent by Buckingham Palace denying President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe access to attend the Queen’s funeral is fake. The embassy made this known through its Twitter handle saying, “President Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma SAN has debunked reports of an alleged increase in the fees payable by students of the school for the 2022/2023 session. Okay.ng reports that a viral picture making rounds this evening shows a 400% increase in the fees of the institution…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Monday, said the allegation by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, linking him to the ownership of 14 assets, including shopping mall, residential estate, polo playground, lands and farmland, was untrue. Kyari, a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, in a statement by his lawyer,…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Osun, had debunked reports that Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday, said the report being circulated on social media…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made clarification to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections. Statement signed by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq. sighted by NewsRangers lamented that…