LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC), Southeast Zone has ratified the suspension of some leaders of the party accused of anti-party activities in Enugu and Abia States. The Zonal Secretariat of the party stated that the ratification followed the South East Executive Meeting of the APC on April 16, 2023. National Vice Chairman…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, has announced the passing on to eternal glory of his first wife, Mrs Ifeoma Kalu, who died at the age of 61. In a post on his official social media page, signed by him, the former governor and Chief Whip of the Senate…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Orji Kalu, chief whip of the senate, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. Kalu, who has been advocating for a south-easterner to become the next president, had in January announced he would contest the 2023 election if the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is zoned to the south. However, in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, said he visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services on Monday afternoon. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, said…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from retrying former Abia Governor Orji Uzor Kalu. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while delivering judgment in an application filed by the former governor seeking an order of the court prohibiting the EFCC from retrying him on a charge…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday said the commission would prosecute a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, again. He said Kalu “will be prosecuted all over again.” Bawa said this while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations Prophet T. B. Joshua has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. The televangelist disowned the comment in a tweet early Monday. Joshua described it as “fake news”, adding that he has been at his prayer mountain since the past five…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it is waiting on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to reassign the N7.1bn fraud case of a former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, so that his fresh trial ordered by the Supreme Court can start. The prosecuting counsel for the…
