LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, on Thursday morning, barricaded the entrance to the Rivers State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Port Harcourt following a protest by some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state who threatened that there would be no election unless INEC allows the party to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, were notably missing, as President Muhammadu Buhari took his presidential campaign to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. There is no official reason for their absence, Channels Television reports. The rally…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised to take punitive measures against sponsors of Ogun presidential rally violence after the elections. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu said, in a statement today, that the party regretted Monday’s alleged premeditated attacks purportedly sponsored by Governor Ibikunle Amosun on President Muhammadu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has finally shattered the ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to present candidates for the forthcoming elections in Rivers State. The Apex Court on Tuesday struck out an appeal filed by the party challenging the judgment of a High Court in Rivers State which barred it from conducting…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress, APC has denied being part of the construction of the giant broom monument mounted at the city gate in Abuja. The structure, a broom which is a symbol of the All Progressives Congress, has generated widespread reactions from Nigerians, with some questioning why a party symbol would be…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to social media to express disappointment over the construction of a giant broom in front of the Abuja City Gate. Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) noted that as of Thursday, it wasn’t clear what was being constructed when they began, but afterwards, it turned out to be…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party leaders for allegedly looting the treasury for 16 years, saying “only God can give them punishment”. Buhari spoke at the State House, Abuja, when he received the leaders of 1,000 support groups. He said, “Large scale abuse of trust, only God can…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe has described the ruling of the Supreme Court in favour of Ibrahim Umar and other APC chieftains, who were aggrieved by their exclusion during the Party Congresses in Rivers State as a stunning victory for Democracy, Justice and…