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…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has released a guide for bank customers and others on how and where they can lodge complaints against financial institutions regulated by it. The financial institutions include commercial banks, microfinance banks, primary mortgage institutions, and discount houses. The CBN noted that it had earlier issued a circular…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Usman, has submitted the probe panel report on suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to the Police Service Commission (PSC). Kyari was investigated over his alleged role in a $1.1m internet scam by an Instagram influencer, Abbas Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, and four others. The…