LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations Prophet T. B. Joshua has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. The televangelist disowned the comment in a tweet early Monday. Joshua described it as “fake news”, adding that he has been at his prayer mountain since the past five…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has distanced herself from a tweet announcing the release of Katsina schoolboys to her, saying she lost control of her Twitter and Instagram accounts for some minutes. Just hours after a , Abubakar Shekau, circulated across the internet, confirming the capture of the over…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claim that his bank obtained court orders to block accounts associated with promoters of the #EndSARS protests. Emefiele’s position was stated by his lawyer, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mike Aondoakaa (SAN) while appearing…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump on Sunday doubled down on his refusal to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden, even after suffering resounding court defeats over his election challenges and amid a growing popular-vote margin for the Democrat. As Trump continued to falsely accuse Democrats of fraud, an influential Michigan Republican said Sunday that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army headquarters has denied deploying soldiers to the Lekki tollgate despite video evidence showing uniformed soldiers shooting at the scene. The army in a Facebook post branded several reports linking soldiers at the tollgate as fake news, stating, “No soldiers were at the scene”. Officials of the Lekki Concession Company…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Department of State Monday announced more visa restrictions on Nigerians, who it said are undermining the democratic process by their actions. The Mike Pompeo-led USDOS in a statement on its website, said: the additional visa restrictions are on individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has described as “a publicity stunt”, the widely-circulated reports alleging that former Speaker Umar Ghali Na’abba has been invited by the Department of State Service (DSS) over his alleged comments on President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who stated…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has denied report credit to Andrew Edoigbe of accusing Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki of unfair award of contract to companies. A statement by Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy stated, “Our attention has been drawn to the baseless…