LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union Observers have said the 2019 presidential election that returned President Muhammadu Buhari to power was not transparent. The EU pointed out that the February 23 and March 2, 2019, general elections were not transparent and were marred by violence, harassment, and intimidation. These elements, the observers said, seriously damaged…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The media has just been furnished with a transcript from a Press Conference by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta earlier yesterday accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 General Elections. Read the Full Statement Below; I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South East Governors’ Forum yesterday noted that it would resist any attempt to use The Chairman of the forum and Ebonyi State Governor, Chef David Umahi made the comment at a meeting with the General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Abubarka Maikobi at a meeting held at…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians prepare to vote in next month’s presidential election, a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said his role would be that of a vigilant watchman, who would not hesitate to raise the alarm whenever there is any irregularities. Obasanjo said this, yesterday, in Abeokuta, while addressing a delegation of the Action…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-American congressman, Christopher Smith, who is also the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, has urged President Donald Trump to use his sanctioning authority to hold accountable any (Nigerian) official who subverts the 2019 electoral process or foment violence against citizens. He issued a statement concerning the 2019 general…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that the country’s current president Muhammadu Buhari must be voted out when the West African nation goes to poll in 2019. Obasanjo, who supported Buhari in 2015 against Goodluck Jonathan, said in a statement on Sunday that his former ally had done almost nothing to…
2019 election, LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted the report which indicated that he is not opposed to or in support of any presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections. He made the clarification in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, sent to TheNigerialawyer on Sunday. “It is disingenuous, if…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Sunday lift ban on campaign for 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections slated for Feb. 16, 2019 A statement by Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, INEC Director Of Voter Education and Publicity, on Saturday in Abuja said that political parties who fielded candidates for both elections…