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…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Anambra State and erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, has formally joined the Labour Party (LP) to contest the 2023 presidential election. Saharareporters gathered that Obi registered as a member of the party on Friday in his ward in Anambra State….
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused to admit a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, to bail pending the determination of a suit he filed against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo declined to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to release him on bail. Okorocha representing…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Friday that Starlink, the satellite internet service launched by SpaceX, his space exploration company, has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique. This news is coming three days after Musk answered a tweet about the service launch in Africa. “Yes, first countries in Africa to be…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressive Congress (APC) House of Assembly aspirant eyeing the ticket of Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, has been kidnapped. The spokesperson of the Plateau Police Command, Ubah Gabriel, confirmed the development, saying the Commissioner of Police had sent tactical…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that the former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, was safe in custody as there was no threat to his life. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Francis Enobore, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Enobore said that it was necessary…
