LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the struggle for what zone Delta State Governor should emerge from come 2023 steam up, Urhobo Leaders Of Thought under the aegis of Ja R’Urhobo 2023 (Urhobo Y’Oteri) has appealed to Urhobo respected royal fathers, patriotic sons and daughters as well as all associations with Urhobo interest to unite for the…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the light of the conflicting judgments and orders served on it from Courts of coordinate jurisdiction, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to stay action on the cases involving defection of the Governor and Deputy-Governor of Ebonyi State and sixteen members of the State House of Assembly from the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress has barred political appointees from voting at its national convention holding on Saturday. The party made this known in a press statement on Thursday. The statement was titled, ‘Attention to political office holders who were elected as delegates’. It read, “The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked the Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, along with 15 lawmakers in the state over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Messrs Umahi and Igwe, in November last year, defected from the…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have taken a new dimension on Monday after security men took over the national headquarters of the party in Abuja. About 15 patrol vehicles of security operatives have blocked access roads to the party secretariat as early as at 9 am. Also,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The results of the election for chairmanship in the six area councils of the federal capital territory (FCT) conducted on Saturday have started trickling in. Unlike in the 36 states where state electoral commissions conduct the council elections, the FCT council election is conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has travelled out of Nigeria weeks after declaring his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election, The PUNCH has learnt. A member of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement’s Working Committees told our correspondent on Friday that the former Lagos State governor travelled overseas to rest…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Associates of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have been at daggers drawn over the 2023 presidential election and the rift may escalate in the coming days, Daily Independent has gathered. Tinubu, a fortnight ago, informed President Muhammadu Buhari of…
