LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnappers of late member representing Onitsha-North 1 State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Justice Azuka, have confessed to killing the lawmaker but denied collecting ransom. The suspects, when paraded on Friday at the headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command, narrated that the deceased lawmaker was kidnapped…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory Command, has denied raiding the head office of Peoples Gazette newspaper. Policemen on Friday allegedly raided the head office of the newspaper in Abuja and arrested one of its editors, journalists, and staff members. According to a report by Peoples Gazette, John Adenekan, an assistant…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China has denied reports it could take control of Uganda’s international airport should the government in Kampala default on a $200 million loan from Beijing. “The malicious allegation… has no factual basis and is ill intended to distort the good relations that China enjoys with developing countries including Uganda,” a spokesman for…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Akwa Ibom state command of the police has dismissed claims that Frank Akpan, the suspected killer of Iniubong Umoren, the job-seeker raped and killed last month, committed suicide. Dismissing the speculation, the police commissioner for the state,, Amiengheme Andrew, said Mr Akpan is alive and in custody. “It is a lie….
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State Council of Ulamas has slammed reports that the Islamic body has endorsed Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential ticket. This disclaimer was issued in a statement by the state chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, in Kano on Sunday, December 6; during an interview with newsmen. Khalil who expressed surprise over media reports…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi state government has debunked reports that it has imposed a tax on bread. A statement by the Deputy Governor of the state, Edward Onoja said “I am directed by His Excellency to give the lie to news of an alleged tax imposed on each loaf of bread to be sold…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office in Nigeria have denied knowledge of the carving out of a country from Nigeria and Cameroon. The new country whose name is UNO State of Cameroon was billed for proclamation by the United Nations on July 10, 2020. The local government of the…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio was denied entry into the United State (US) as the embassy in Nigeria refused to grant him visa. Akpabio’s visa application was turned down because the President Donald Trump administration is in possession of petitions filed against the minister for series of murders, corruption and…