LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency says the person declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) is not an inlaw to President Muhammadu Buhari as being claimed in some quarters. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has disowned a new political movement known as the ‘National Consultative Front’ which named him among 37 other political and thought leaders who came together to form the group. The group had issued a communique on Wednesday where it listed a 7-point resolution from…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding ownership of $1billion domiciled with Unity Bank Plc continued on Monday as the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) denied any link with the alleged account. A whistleblower, John Okpurhe, had in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari accused the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, insisted that the 15-member Chinese Medics are not its guests but the staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). He, therefore, said that it is not its responsibility to tell the whereabouts of the Chinese team as they are on a…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Sunday, said actress Funke Akindele also known as Jenifa, was not its brand ambassador. This is coming shortly after the Lagos State Police Command arrested the actress for hosting a house party that contravened the lockdown order of the government. The actress had appeared in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has distanced itself from the proposed Hate Speech Bill following series of criticism against the Bill aimed at stifling free speech. Acting spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that contrary to widespread impression, the bill was not the idea of the ninth Senate He…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has denied 2023 presidential election posters showing him as the flag bearer of the party, attributing it to the handiwork of mischief-makers. SaharaReporters had sighted campaign posters of Oshiomhole, an ex-governor of Edo State, and Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, in Surulere,…