LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH(NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the appointment of a campaign organization for his re-election in 2019 with Mr. Rotimi Amaechi as Secretary/Director General. Mr. Amaechi was the Director General of the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential in 2014/2015. A statement by Garba Shehu Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity said “the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NESRANGERS)-The quest of Akinwunmi Ambode to win a second term as Governor of Lagos State now looks more daunting than ever, following the emergence of evidence than Bola Tinubu, former Governor of the state and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has endorsed Jide Sanwonolu, who served as a commissioner…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Otedola, a businessman and Chairman of Forte Oil PLC, has “accepted” the offer of a governorship ticket by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation magazine, Otedola “personally confirmed” the news to him, meaning he will run against Akinwunmi Ambode, the incumbent Governor and candidate of…
LAGOSSEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Faced with the reality of the bigwigs presidential aspirants of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), outgoing Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the first to have indicated interest for the office, has dropped his ambition. He said on Saturday that he was discontinuing his 2019 presidential ambition. The governor was one of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari have paid for and obtained the expression of interest and nomination forms valued at N45.5m for the president. Members of the group under the aegis of Nigeria Consolidation Ambassador Network were received by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, at the party’s national…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST -(NEWSRANGERS) Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has officially declared to run for the president of Nigeria come 2019 election. Saraki made his intention known during a dialogue with Youth and Young aspirants, held at Sheraton hotel, Abuja, on Thursday, august 30, 2018. According to him, he possesses a blend of executive and…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it has not released the timetable for State, National Assembly, Governorship and Presidential primaries, as it is being reported in a section of the media. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while…
Cameroon will be ready to stage the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) next year, Samuel Eto’o has told RFI. Suggestions that Cameroon would not be ready for the tournament, expanded to 24 teams and scheduled in the summer for the first time, have plagued the build-up, with Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad…