LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a drama-filled week, Ejikeme Mmesoma, the 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu, Nnewi, Anambra State, has admitted manipulating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra had set up a committee to investigate the issue. The eight -man committee invited the Principal of Anglican Girls’…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Office of the President of Nigeria has rejected European Union (EU) report on the May 2023 General Election. Recalled that in its final report on the Nigerian elections, the globally acclaimed body said trust in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had been severely damaged, especially as a result of the failure…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has approved a list of Hotlines to report any suspicious act of violence by unscrupulous persons during the forthcoming general election. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied reports in some of the media that it has authorize banks to accept N500 and N1,000 old notes as deposit. Recall that media houses have been spreading the information that CBN has directed Banks to collect old N500, and N1,000 notes from customers with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked claims about the incapacity of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC. The apex bank also denied claims that it plans to shut down commercial banks in a geo-political zone. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Friday by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications,…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he endorsed the presidential ambition of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, when he visited him in Abeokuta. In a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, the former president said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has denied participating in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Northern Senatorial primary election. DAILY POST had reported that Ayade lost the ticket after he polled 52 votes against Adams Cecelia, who scored 140. But reacting in a statement signed by Ayade’s media chief, Chris Ita,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed a report by an online medium alleging that personnel of the Nigerian army lamented delay in payment of their January salary and that many soldiers were paid peanuts. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Friday, said the report was not…