Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has congratulated Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his victory. He said this in a congratulatory message titled, ‘Congratulatory message to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’. Abubakar scored 371 votes to emerge as the party candidate defeating his close contender, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who polled…
LAGOS MAY 28TH(NEWSRANGERS)-THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary election into the House of Representatives held at Igando in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State ended bloody with the death of LGA Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and three others in the free-for-all fights. The incident reportedly occured at about…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has elevated a total of Ninety-Eighty senior Officers of the Service to their new ranks following their successful performance in a promotion exercise conducted for senior Officers in December 2021. Their elevation is contained in a letter from the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board vide…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many persons are feared dead following a stampede which began before the beginning of a programme organised by a new generation church in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to The Punch, a source stated that the Church had invited the public to come and get gifts for its fourth anniversary….
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for extending the deadline for the conduct of primary elections and submission of the list of nominated candidates for the 2023 general elections, from 4th to 9th of June 2022. Chairman of the foremost election monitoring group, Comrade Auwal…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for political parties to conduct their primaries for the 2023 general elections. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. This comes hours after leaders of various political…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has joined the Labour Party few days after dumping the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, saying the party is the right platform that aligns with his aspiration. According to him, he had chosen a route that he considered to be in line with “our…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Southeast and Southsouth Network (SESSNet) has asked Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, Immediate Past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and all other politicians from the Southeast and the Niger Delta to join the former governor of Anambra state in his new Political party. Peter Obi announced today that he has joined the Labour Party…