LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Akwa Ibom State governor and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswil Akpabio said he is shocked and completely blown away by the massive industrialization going on in Cross River State. Akpabio who was amazed at the sheer technological sophistication of the state’s rice seedlings plant under construction, during an inspection of the…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents underscoring insecurity in parts of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria’s 2015 elections partly on promises to bring security to Africa’s largest economy…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has observed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, ward congress slated for Saturday did not take place in Kaduna. Making his observation at Abuja, venue of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Press Freedom Awards on Saturday night, he said, “I am just coming back…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe, has declared that there was no ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 319 wards of the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State. Abe, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his spokesperson, Parry…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What should have been the ‘ward congress’ of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo ended in violence on Saturday, May 5, with deputy governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere, allegedly escaping attack by thugs. The incident reportedly happened at the party’s secretariat in the state. According to Vanguard, Governor Rochas…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violent coupled with heavy rain fall led to the cancellation of Ekiti All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship Primary. The cancellation of the exercise was announced on Saturday by the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Governor Tanko Al Makura of Nasarawa State. He gave the directive as the venue of the event, the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed that he has no anointed candidate in the coming Ekiti state governorship primary election. Tinubu who made the revelation while addressing journalists on Saturday, while participating at the APC Ward Congress at St. Peters Primary School, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos said…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said his quest for second term was not borne out of personal gain. Rather, he said his decision to seek re-election was as a result of a deep passion to serve Nigerians. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,…