LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The popular Alaba International Market in Lagos shut down on Saturday during the visit of Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi. The motorcade of the former Anambra governor passed through the area, Orile, among others, ahead of his presidential rally at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS. Security operatives had a hard time…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A branch of the Guaranty Trust Bank in the Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory was reportedly engulfed in flames in the early hours of Friday, The PUNCH reports. The GTBank branch is located along the Nyanya and Mararaba Expressway before Abacha Road, Karu. Mararaba is a border town, between the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian presidential contender Peter Obi of the opposition Labour Party said his supporters were on Saturday attacked and injured ahead of a rally in the commercial capital Lagos, a stronghold of the ruling party. Previous elections in Africa’s most populous nation have been fraught with violence between supporters of rival parties and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian businessman and ex-governor of Anambra state Peter Obi remains the top choice to become the nation’s next president, according to a new poll conducted for Bloomberg, the New York based global television and media giant. Two-thirds of respondents said in the polls published Friday they intend to vote for Obi, a…