LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Osun Primary Election Committee and Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has charged the leaders and members of the Osun State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to collaborate more and forge stronger unity ahead of the September 22, 2018 Governorship poll in the…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NESRANGERS)-The Chairman of Adamawa Youths for Change, Abdullahi Umar, on Saturday described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a political lightweight who cannot win election in his ward in Jada Local Government and does not have what it takes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow in his…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have shot dead 11 taxi drivers returning to Johannesburg from the funeral of a colleague in Kwa-Zulu Natal, a police spokesman said on Sunday. The drivers, who were members of the Gauteng taxi association, were in a minibus driving along the R74 when unknown gunmen launched an ambush and opened fire….
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be in a hurry to get its deal with members of the Reformed -All Progressives Congress (R-APC) done and sealed. The two sides have been locked in intense talks and negotiations over the last few weeks for the aggrieved members of the APC to switch…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has ordered the immediate commencement of a 72-hour joint operation to restore sanity around Apapa and environs. This comes after activities of truck drivers had caused traffic gridlock and made vehicular movement around the axis near impossible over the past few days. Prof. Osinbajo who made…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Davido’s Uncle and the lawmaker representing Osun West district in the National Assembly, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has won the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Chairman of the Election Committee and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, declared the lawmaker the winner on Saturday after he…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Kano state Abdullahi Ganduje said three million children are out of school in his state alone, stressing the need to curb Africa’s population explosion. Speaking at Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, UK, Ganduje noted that, population explosion in Africa is a reality and education is not matching up…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An accident involving the motorcade of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalong has led to the death of one person while 20 others sustained various degree of injuries. Mr Sunday Jika, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) Gombe State Marshal, a local security outfit, who was amongst the minister’s motorcade confirmed this to…