LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Imo State House of Assembly members have denied dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement yesterday, they faulted the Assembly speaker’s claim that they had decided to defect from their party to APC. The six lawmakers include the former deputy speaker, Okey…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A mild drama, thursday, played out at the Lagos office of the Embassy of the United States as the founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State and Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo was denied visa. But an ace comedian, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged the public to disregard an online publication which speculated that the commission had arraigned former vice president Atiku Abubakar over an alleged fraud of N75.3 billion. In a statement, on Friday, in Abuja by the commission’s Acting spokesperson, Mr Tony Orilade, EFCC dismissed the…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied the reports that he is under pressure to contest the 2023 presidential election. Jonathan made the denial through Ikechukwu Eze, his spokesman. The former president said he is rather focused on promoting peace and sustainable democracy in Africa. Asked to comment on the reports of Jonathan…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Sunday said no tariff increase was approved by the commission. It was reported that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, approved an increase in electricity tariff by the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, in the country. The directive of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the week, several media outlets reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), dropped all 14 count charges against Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Meanwhile, while reacting on the story, the Economic and Financial crime Commission described the reports as ‘fake’. Spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren told…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that 35 aides were not sacked from the Office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo but that they were redeployed to a new ministry. The President, who fielded questions from NTA State House Correspondent at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa owing to ongoing xenophobic attacks, suffered an interruption on Tuesday following the delay in granting landing permit to Air Peace. The airline has volunteered to evacuate Nigerians willing to return to the country following the recent violence against foreigners in the…