LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSANGERS)-Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Sibusiso Busi Moyo was, on Friday, attacked by protesters at Chatham House in the UK. The country’s Information Permanent Secretary, Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana and his aides were also attacked. A video shared on Twitter by Hopewell Chin’ono, @daddyhope, revealed one of the protesters, pouring…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A YouTube video from unconventional Nigerian prophet, T.B. Joshua, has surfaced, showing what it calls “the largest church offering never collected”. On June 1, 2019, more than 15,000 gathered in the prestigious FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, UK for an event dubbed: “Emmanuel TV UK Revival.” In events of such nature, it is…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Television Authority has been removed from the largest digital satellite television service platform in Europe, Sky Limited. A visit to Sky’s website showed that NTA had been barred indefinitely from airing on Channel 794. A message on Sky’s website read in part, “794: NTA International; currently temporarily removed from EPG…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja Sunday after spending 10 days on a private visit to the United Kingdom. The presidential aircraft conveying the president from London landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 6.33 p.m. Those at the airport to welcome the president include…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom says it will deploy more than 100 observers across 15 states for the elections in Nigeria. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, said this on Tuesday while discussing the UK’s efforts to support free, fair and credible elections in the country. The presidential and National Assembly…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has reacted to the position of both the United States of America and her United Kingdom counterpart on the suspension of the country’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. A statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said as much as Nigeria…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With twenty three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections and thirty seven days to the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, the British High Commission in Abuja has reaffirmed its strong support for free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria. In statedment made available to NewsRangers, the British government said they…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In spite of the Army’s explanation, the United Kingdom on Monday condemned the military invasion of the Daily Trust newspaper offices in Borno and Abuja and the arrest of its journalists by soldiers on Sunday. It described the action as rash, noting that a free press which is able to challenge and…
