LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight days to the release of the final list of candidates for the 2023 general election, the fate of a number candidates is still hanging in the balance due to lingering post-primary crises. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu recently had said the commission would publish…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has accused the APC and PDP of launching campaign of calumny against him and his party. Obi, in series of tweets on Thursday said it had become evident that the opposition parties had adopted negative strategy of trolling and insinuating fake news…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the call by Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the campaign, whenever it starts, to be based on issues and not personality. Obi was reacting to the call by Tinubu, through his campaign organization, for the candidates and…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, is yet to congratulate Ademola Adeleke, who has been announced the winner of Saturday’s governorship election. Instead, he has said the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state will respond to the result of the poll after studying it. This was contained in a…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The names of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, were conspicuously missing as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the names of the successfully nominated candidates of the 18 political parties on Friday. For the purposes of claims and objections, forms and particulars of…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The majority control of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate is currently under threat as no fewer than 20 APC senators have concluded plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party and others. The PUNCH learnt that the APC, which had earlier lost 13 senators…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-After the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party is now facing a threatening wave of defection from the north, where it has its stronghold. Most chieftains who are northern lawmakers in both the red and green chambers are abandoning the party for other political platforms for similar…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Independent National Electoral Commission directors and Senior Advocates of Nigeria have warned that political parties may face crises over their nomination of placeholders as running mates to their respective candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The ex-officials of the electoral umpire, who spoke to The PUNCH in different interviews on…