LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is seeking the help of the court to wrest the PDP presidential candidacy from Atiku Abubakar. He has sued Abubakar, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held in Abuja on May…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on social media on Friday knocked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over his claim that 90 per cent of northerners are not on social media. Atiku, who is Nigeria’s former Vice President, while responding to a question in an exclusive interview with Arise TV on Friday morning, played…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A pressure group, Peter Obi Support Network, POSN, has called on former Vice President Abubakar Atiku to discontinue his quest for the presidency and support the aspiration of a former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. It said the call was informed by the need to ensure equity in the affairs…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dragged the party and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar to a Federal High Court in Abuja over issue of zoning in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The complainant, a senior citizen from Kaduna North, Isa Taidi, pointed out that Chapter 1, Part 7 (3 C)…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Loyalists of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have commenced the distribution of loaves of bread, branded ‘Atiku Kawai’ (Atiku Only) to Kano State residents. The development comes amid claims that Atiku is nursing a presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 elections, although he has not publicly confirmed it. The former Vice-President…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential election tribunal on Monday, July 8, heard a witness, Mohammed Tata, say that he was forced to sign the result of the poll with a threat that he could be removed as an N-Power beneficiary. Tata told the tribunal, which is looking into the complaint filed by the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday that they had proposed to call 400 witnesses to prove their petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari, and his All Progressives Congress, at the February 23 poll. They will have only…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former President of United States of America, Bill Clinton, is expected to visit Nigeria a day before the presidential election, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. During the visit, Clinton will meet President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of…