LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says the members of the National Assembly who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) will return to the party before the general elections in 2019. Senator Lawan disclosed this to reporters on Wednesday night after President Muhammadu Buhari met with the senators on the platform…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the face-off between the Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige continues to rage, the minister has described the Party leader as someone who lives in a state of fertile ignorance or outright mischief. Sen. Ngige’s outburst…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors on Wednesday at the Government House Makurdi, hours after protesting youths barred him from traveling to…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The factional group of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the R- APC, Tuesday hailed the Senators and members of the House of Representatives who dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and other political parties. In a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the R- APC, Prince…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NESRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice as well as total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party, for the benefit of the nation. In his reaction to the developments Tuesday morning at the National…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has been thrown into a rowdy session following the defection of 37 lawmakers from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 33 lawmakers defected to the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while four joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, announced…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the House of Representatives from the Peoples Democratic Party are right now in jubilation over the defection of some All Progressives Congress senators this morning. The members, led by the Deputy Minority Leader, Mr Chukwuka Onyema, are singing anti-APC songs in the lobby of the National Assembly building. The House…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-There is tension in Abuja especially around the National Assembly where there had been unusual security build up. Senators were busy holding meetings in small groups. Some senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are already plotting to impeach the duo Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu as…