LAGOS MAR 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cried out over an alleged plot to militarise the South-south when the March 9 elections get underway. In a statement on Thursday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP alleged that there is currently an illegal and provocative besiegement of PDP states including Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta,…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the just concluded election are planning a peaceful demonstration in protest of the election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, was declared winner of the February 23 presidential election…
LAGOS MARH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African preacher, Alph Lukau is presently under attack for raising a dead man. His action may lead to several lawsuits after the self-declared prophet claimed to have resurrected a man at his church in Johannesburg, the BBC is reporting. A group of funeral directors in South Africa have threatened to…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will likely dissolve his cabinet before his inauguration for a second term in office. Buhari won his re-election, polling over 15 million votes to defeat his main challenger and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman of President…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday removed Dumo Lulu-Briggs as the governorship candidate of Accord in Rivers State. Justice E. A. Obile held that there was no record indicating that the plaintiff, Precious Baridon, relinquished his (Baridon) position as the authentic governorship candidate to Lulu-Briggs. The court also…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will host a two-day sensitization and training workshop for lawyers from across Nigeria on March 5 and 6, 2019 to enhance their effectiveness in litigating Freedom of Information (FOI) and Freedom of Expression (FOE) cases on behalf of media organizations and journalists. It will take place in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the presidential election. This is coming from the UK Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the President the winner of the keenly contested poll on Wednesday. She said, “I offer…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than one hundred and twenty people allegedly involved in various electoral offences during the February 23, 2019, presidential and National Assembly elections are cooling off in the different police cells accross the country. Force Public Relations Officers (PPRO), ACP Frank Mba, disclosed this yesterday in a live national radio programme,…
