LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the two majority parties in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in Imo North Senatorial District of Imo State on Sunday collapsed their structures into the Labour Party and pledged their loyalty and support to its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. No fewer than two thousand people joined…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State erupted in jubilation in the early hours of today (Sunday) when the results of Saturday’s governorship election showed that the candidate of the party, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, trounced the 15 other candidates that partook in the exercise. Oyebanji, who is the immediate past…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has picked the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the preferred running mate for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. This revelation was contained in a press statement issued by the Director-General of Ganduje’s…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-CONTRARY to the position of most Northern Governors on power shift to the South National Chairman of thee All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has announced Senate president Ahmad Lawan as APC consensus presidential candidate. Adamu, Vanguard gathered announced this at the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC, on Monday, in…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan was not screened by the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential screening committee. The chairman of the seven-man committee and former APC National Chairman, John Odigie Oyegun disclosed this on Friday at the party Secretariat. Oyegun spoke after submitting the report of his committee to the party. He disclosed…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan is not on the list of presidential hopefuls expected to be screened by the All Progressives Congress (APC). In April 2022, after supporters besieged his Abuja residence to ask him to contest the 2023 presidential election, Jonathan had not given a definite response. “You are calling me to…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barring last-minute changes, Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has agreed to attend the National convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), slated for May 29, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, SaharaReporters has learnt. Top sources said this was one of the highlights after the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, visited the…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking to return to office in next year’s election after switching political party, the BBC understands. Mr Jonathan has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that defeated him in 2015 after five years in power. A supporters’ group bought the nomination form on his behalf…