LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has raise an alarm, accusing some unnamed party stalwarts of frustrating his plans to re-position the APC even as he alleged a clandestine move on their part with the ultimate aim of passing a no confidence vote on him….
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Shehu Sani, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani, who has been having a running battle with Governor Nasir El-Rufa’I, announced his exit from the APC in a letter addressed to the Chairman of party in Kaduna State. His defection from the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed the allegation of ethnic bias in the Onitsha Bridge Head clean-up currently trending in internet chat rooms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The clean-up exercise, which hitherto received much commendation, was undertaken…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has filed a lawsuit against the ruling APC for disqualifying him as a governorship aspirant in Oyo state on account of not presenting the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme discharge certificate. The National Working Committee had on September 27th (read here) disqualified Shittu from the Oyo…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari is reportedly expecting the resignation of Minister of President Buhari is reportedly expecting the resignation of Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, who failed to participate in the NYSC scheme after his graduation from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Osun State. According to Punch’s sources, Adebayo Shittu…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NESRANGERS)-The presidential flagbearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has officially confirmed former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as his running mate for the 2019 general elections. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Friday evening by the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Mr Gbenga…
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…
