LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After the Nigerian squad complained of being mistreated upon arrival, the Confederation of African Football, or CAF, announced that it will look into the factors that led to the Super Eagles calling off their Nations Cup qualifying match against Libya. After spending nearly a day in an abandoned airport, the Super Eagles…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s security agencies are investigating at least four politicians from the country’s northern part over the use of Russian flags by #EndBadGovernance protesters. Multiple sources told The PUNCH that the political bigwigs, who hail from Katsina, Kaduna and Kano states, were principal actors who instigated the use of Russian flags among demonstrators…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has directed an investigation into oil theft allegations against Emmanuel Ogalla, chief of naval staff. A report by Peoples Gazette had alleged that Ogalla was involved in a multibillion naira oil bunkering and contract-splitting fraud. The director of information in the ministry of defence,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Thursday, asked the Department of State Services and other security agencies to probe an alleged plot to unleash mayhem on Igbo residents in Lagos if the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu loses the February 25 poll. HURIWA, in a statement…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has commenced investigation into allegations of data breach by Guaranty Trust Bank and Zenith Bank. Babatunde Bamigboye, Head, Legal Enforcement and Regulations of NDPB, said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Mr Bamigboye said the investigations were triggered by allegations of unlawful disclosure of banking…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has begun an analysis of the call logs of the detained aides to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. It was gathered that the DSS will carry out a forensic analysis of the call logs, messages and other contents on the phones of…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The EFCC has requested Bola Tinubu’s asset declaration documents from the Code of Conduct Bureau, Peoples Gazette can report, in a politically-charged inquiry that could see the former Lagos governor and ruling party chieftain arrested and prosecuted before 2023. The anti-graft office in November 2020 asked the asset fraud investigation office to…