LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has justified Afenifere’s support for the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi for the 2023 general elections. The Afenifere leader also stated reasons why the group will not support the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, said Nigerians should insist that the 2023 elections in the country must be made to be as Internet-complaint as possible, with the results transmitted electronically, “otherwise, there shall be no elections.” The pan-Yoruba made this clear demand in reaction to the rejection by the National Assembly of e-transmission…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the death of former Senator and leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Ayo Fasanmi, and the former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah, both of whom died on Wednesday,…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSSRANGERS)-Sixteen socio-cultural leaders from southern Nigeria have instituted a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly marginalising the people of the southern region from appointments in his administration. In the suit filed before a federal high court in Abuja, the plaintiffs led by Edwin Clark are asking the court to award the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has said that Southern Nigeria would resist any attempt by the North to retain the presidency after the expiration of the tenure of incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Nigeria’s two leading political parties, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are expected to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afenifere, pan- Yoruba socio-political organisation said the options available for Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is either to fight or resign. Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the organisation also said it has not decided whether to support the embattled second-in-command because he has not admitted he has any problem in the presidency….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four years ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, politics of who emerges the next President of Nigeria seems to be dominating the social media space, no thanks to political posters posted in some strategic parts of the country. Those whose posters can be seen in parts of Nigeria include the All Progressives…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and its Igbo counterpart, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have condemned the allocation of ministries by President Muhammadu Buhari, with all nine ministers from the North-west receiving senior positions. Among the six geopolitical zones in the country, the North-west, which consists of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states,…