LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, has highlighted reasons the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential candidate president Muhammadu Buhari may win the next month presidential poll. The institute in a publication on Tuesday said: “Buhari appears to have a slight advantage going into the election.” The…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is impossible for any candidate at this stage to withdraw from the presidential election. The election is coming up on February 16. The spokesperson of INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in reaction to the statement earlier on Thursday by the candidate of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled Hope Uzodinma as its governorship candidate. The decision was announced on Thursday by Daniel Nwafor, the state chairman of the party, at a press conference held at the party’s secretariat in Owerri, the Imo State capital. He accused Uzodinma of…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ijaw youths resident in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday embarked on solidarity march in support of President Muhammadu Buhari re-election. The youths led by President of the Ijaw Youth Association in Northern Nigeria, Mr Eniyekeye Akasah had stormed the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) office on…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obasanjo throws his support once again to Atiku. This time around he listed reasons why Atiku will be better than President Mohammadu Buhari as a president. Obasanjo said that Atiku will perform better than Buhari, adding that he, Atiku surely understands the economy better. Obasanjo listed the following: *Atiku will surely understand…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Apex Igbo social cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Vice President, Mr Peter Obi as its Presidential candidate in 2019 election . Both of them were endorsed on Thursday during a meeting of Imeobi, the highest decision….
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Presidential candidate, Mrs Titi Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, said her husband Atiku Abubakar, would liberate Nigeria from what she termed “bondage” if elected in the February 16 election. Mrs Abubakar spoke at a Town Hall meeting she held with stakeholders in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital,…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With twenty three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections and thirty seven days to the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, the British High Commission in Abuja has reaffirmed its strong support for free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria. In statedment made available to NewsRangers, the British government said they…
