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 AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Coalition of Northern Groups has raised the alarm over what it described as Nigeria’s drift towards becoming a police state under the watch of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The coalition specifically noted the invitation extended to a former Speaker of the House of Representatives; Alhaji Umar Ghali Na’abba…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’abba, has been invited by the Department of State Services over the interview he granted Channels Television on Thursday regarding the agenda of the National Consultative Front to bring about a new Nigeria that works for all. Spokesperson for the group, Dr…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia has insisted that a Northern Governor is Boko Haram’s leader. Mailafia stated this on Wednesday, while speaking with journalists shortly after he was released by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS detained him for questioning for over six hours…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over what it says is a plot by some prominent personalities and groups to ‘destabilise’ the country. The DSS said the unpatriotic groups are taking advantage of the existing security situations in some parts of the country to carry out their plan….
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibrahim Magu has been suspended as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This comes a day after he was arrested and detained by officers of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Abuja. He was grilled by a panel probing allegations of gross misconduct against him but…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The DSS has denied arresting the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, after its officials escorted him to the Conference Center inside the State House Abuja, to be interviewed by a Presidential Panel constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari to grill him on corruption allegations. The…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegations that he owns four properties and that he was allegedly transferring funds abroad through a third party. Mr. Magu was taken to the Presidential Villa by security officials…