LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned membership figures of political parties released by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, saying the data did not emanate from the commission. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Dayo Oketola, stated this on Tuesday while reacting to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Labour party presidential aide, Peter Obi, has denied viral photos of him ‘meeting’ the US President, Donald Trump, and NURTW chairman, MC Oluomo. In a statement released this morning, September 24, Obi said the photos are fake and were doctored. He stated that he has not met Trump recently, neither has he…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The political family of former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over a fresh case of impersonation, distancing itself from one Mr. Ifeanyi Aniagor, who has been parading himself as Obi’s former aide. In reality, Obi neither knows him nor has he ever engaged him in…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has denied ownership of the $52.8m loot recently repatriated from the US. Diezani, through her lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, debunked claims of owning the money. The Federal Government had recently announced that the US government $52.88m said…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has disowned the two leaked policies in circulation insinuating that the Federal Government may have returned to the payment of fuel subsidy and be considering fiscal measures to battle food inflation in the country. In a release signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has distanced itself from fictitious publication titled “2023 Police Special List” and which has been trending in the social media. The publication, according to a statement signed by Ikechukwu Ani, PSC Head, Press and Public Relations sighted by NewsRangers for all intents and purposes is obviously planted to confuse…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said its findings showed that Noah Kekere, who was arrested for allegedly removing a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State, is not a medical doctor. A Jos-based businessman, Kamal Busari, had accused Dr Kekere of removing his wife’s kidney without his knowledge. The victim, Mrs Kehinde Kamal,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Engr. Bashir I. Bashir, who was said to have dropped his governorship ambition on the platform of Labour Party and defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, never belonged to the party, the State Chairman, Alhaji Muhammadu Abdullahi Raji has said. “In fact he has never at any time been on…