LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the online media report that he “sneaked out of Nigeria to meet with Twitter executive’’ in the U.S. is fake. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington on Wednesday, the minister said his official visit to the…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Akwa Ibom state command of the police has dismissed claims that Frank Akpan, the suspected killer of Iniubong Umoren, the job-seeker raped and killed last month, committed suicide. Dismissing the speculation, the police commissioner for the state,, Amiengheme Andrew, said Mr Akpan is alive and in custody. “It is a lie….
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police have described as fake a report that gunmen hijacked a bus filled with students of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Recall that an online viral report had claimed that the gunmen behind the purported hijack had demanded N2 million ransom to free the…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a publication in some sections of the media dated 17th January, 2021 alleging plots by the Inspector-General of Police to sell-off the Nigeria Police Officers’ Mess located at Onikan, Lagos. This was contained in a press statement by the Force Spokesperson,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Musician Seun Kuti has denied pulling a gun at a man during a clash with partygoers who blocked the entrance of his home on Saturday on Akin Osinyemi Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos. Seun was called out by party goers on Twitter. A woman identified as Temitayo Ayetoto who describes herself…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Although a UN helicopter undertook a mission to Banki in Borno State Tuesday, it was not shot down nor did it crash, the Nigerian Air Force said in a statement Tuesday. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported an helicopter incident in Banki, a border community with Cameroon, with a humanitarian worker suggesting the…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says no date has been fixed yet for full schools’ resumption despite continues talks between the Federal Government and stakeholders. Nwajiuba said this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. He however expressed optimism that the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has denied report credit to Andrew Edoigbe of accusing Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki of unfair award of contract to companies. A statement by Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy stated, “Our attention has been drawn to the baseless…