LAGOS JUNE 25TH NEWSRANGRS)There was a mild drama at the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Akwa Ibom State when Counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Solomon Umoh, SAN tried unsuccessfully to prevent a witness, Mr. Godwin Afangideh, from reading the result from a document presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)….
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A disagreement between elected lawmakers and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has stalled the inauguration of the state’s 7th Assembly. It was learnt that the disagreement centred mainly on who becomes the Speaker of the 24-member House of Assembly. According to informed sources, while over 20 of the elected lawmakers who belong…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is one of the least peaceful places on earth, says 2019 Global Peace Index (GPI) report, despite claims by the All Progressives Congress-led government of President Muhammadu Buhari that the country is better than they met in 2015. The country, battling with banditry, economic stagnation, insurgency, kidnapping and an increasing rate…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party of vagabonds, adding that the former national chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande is the grandfather of half-baked government for accusing striking lecturers of producing vagabonds and unemployable graduates. The union said it was unfortunate…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, not to join the smear campaign against its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. PDP made this call in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, Thursday evening. Mr Tinubu had on Wednesday said a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and one of the founding members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Plateau State, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande , has declared his support for former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. He made the declaration when Atiku, who is one of the 13 presidential aspirants of the Peoples…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has read a letter from 13 members of the All Progressives’ senators declaring their defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The lawmakers include Rabi’u Kwankwaso (Kano-Central), Dino Melaye (Kogi-West), Adesoji Akanbi (Oyo-South), Monsurat Sunmonu (Oyo-Central), Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara-South), Suleiman…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Another Senator, Bukar Mustapha, is dead. His death comes shortly after that of Senator Ali Wakili from Bauchi State. Mustapha is the representative of Katsina North Senatorial District, the area from where President Muhammadu Buhari hails. He came to the Senate from Daura Zone on the platform of the All Progressives Congress….