LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There may be temporal respite for the embattled national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as he has won the support of 13 APC Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) after breaking their ranks. A reliable source close to the pro-Oshiomhole governors’ camp told Daily Sun in confidence that as…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers on Thursday said a Kano Federal High Court ruling setting aside the ruling of the FCT High Court which suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, from office cannot stand. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), a Lagos-based legal practitioner and human rights activist, cautioned judges to be careful not…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is on the brink of imploding as the party’s internal crisis Wednesday reached a tipping point with the latest developments. The National Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North East, Salihu Mustapha, has accused the Adams Oshiomhole, the suspended National Chairman of the party of…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa state governor , Senator Douye Diri has suspended a Board chairman Hon Adolphus Ofongo whose statutory tenure would end in 2021 indefinitely. According to an impeccable source, the Board chairman though a People Democratic Party chieftain , but was allegedly involved in anti – party politics and clandestinely worked for…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bill for an Act to amend the Labour Act to criminalise casualisation of workers after six months of engagement by employers in Nigeria on Tuesday passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill which seeks to prohibit engagement of casual workers beyond six months and outsourcing employment in core…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the application for review of its January 14 judgement which sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma in his stead. The apex court ruled against the application six-to-one. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, led…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has upheld its judgement which sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor-elect of Bayelsa State. It will be recall that the apex court, on February 13, sacked Lyon of the APC barely 24 hours to his inauguration. A five-member panel of the apex court…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday ruled out any fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State as requested by the All Progressives Congress. INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, dismissed the APC’s demand for a fresh governorship poll in…