LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There were some moments of wrangling in Nigeria’s first TV debate on Friday night among political party candidates ahead of the February 16 presidential election. And expectedly the feud was between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Dr Peter Obi, the vice-presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The first argument arose…
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje ‘Those who governed well did not arm, those who were armed well did not set up battle lines, those who set up battle lines well did not fight, those who fought well did not lose, and those who lost well did not perish’ – Zhuge Liang, 3d century. The floodgate of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party of vagabonds, adding that the former national chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande is the grandfather of half-baked government for accusing striking lecturers of producing vagabonds and unemployable graduates. The union said it was unfortunate…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications emerged yesterday as to why President Muhammadu Buhari refused to append his signature on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill last Friday. LEADERSHIP investigations revealed that the president took the decision not to sign the bill when it was discovered that some unscrupulous Nigerians had perfected plans to tamper with results of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, who fail to withdraw their court cases instituted against the national leadership of the party over the outcome of the party’s primaries, may be expelled. The National Working Committee of the party may have thus ignored President Muhammadu Buhari’s stand on the festering crisis….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu who stormed Osun State for Gboyega Oyetola’s inauguration alongside other APC chieftains stated that no party other than APC will rule in South-West. Tinubu who maintained that Nigeria will not return to the era of greed and selfishness, also took a swipe at the PDP who he said did nothing…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of going about sealing off houses belonging to innocent people in the state. He said the anti-graft agency was operating under the guise that the houses were linked to him (Fayose). The immediate past governor stated…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned its aggrieved members to shun dragging the party to court or risk being sanctioned. APC National Working Committee (NWC) stated this in a statement on Monday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu. Recall that members of the party in some states like…
