LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Thursday said it was not surprised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. It boasted that both Obasanjo and Atiku will lose the 2019 presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with over 6,200 supporters. Other APC chieftains who decamped alongside the former NDDC boss are former Secretary to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State chapter, on Wednesday said the emergence of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would facilitate a seamless victory for the PDP in the 2019 governorship election in the state. Speaking to Daily Independent, Gani Taofik, the party’s Publicity Secretary,…
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. AKINWUNMI AMBODE, ON THE APC LAGOS STATE GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES ON WEDNESDAY, 3RD OCTOBER, 2018 Fellow Lagosians, the last few days have witnessed intense political activities that have gripped the attention of the nation and created palpable tension in the polity. I strongly believe that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara are conspicuously absent at the Eagle Square , venue of the 58 independence anniversary. President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and other prominent personalities are presently witnessing the anniversary. The duo of Saraki and Dogara…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has disqualified the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, from contesting Saturday’s Oyo State APC governorship primary. Shittu was disqualified for failing to participate in the mandatory one year National Youth Service scheme at the time he graduated from the university. He was 25…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28 (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State rerun conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been decided with the All Progressive Alliance’s (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola winning the poll. The keenly contested election had been declared inconclusive by INEC on Sunday which necessitated a rerun. The APC candidate polled 1,160 votes which increased his…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olu Falae, has distanced himself and the party from the pledge of support made to the All Progressives Congress by the party’s governorship candidate in the Osun State. Falae spoke to Channels Television hours after his party’s governorship candidate Iyiola Omisore pledged his…