LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned from his annual vacation on Saturday, his office said in a statement, as the presidential race in the country intensifies ahead of February polls. “President @MBuhari returns to Abuja from the UK, after a 10 working day vacation,” said Bashir Ahmad, Buhari’s new media aide, in a…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seems to be an uneasy calm in the opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) following massive defections, particularly, from the ruling All Progressives Part (APC). This is because, most of the defectors, particularly, the bigwigs are said to be nursing presidential ambitions, which will surely swell the bourgeoning number of aspirants in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Bukola Saraki has fired some shots at Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This comes one day after he vowed not to descend into the gutter with the ruling party. Saraki had resisted hitting back at the APC which described him as a failure who swims…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Akwa-Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio officially defected to the ruling party on Wednesday, August 8 at the Ikot-Ekpene township stadium in Akwa Ibom. Some of those present at the defection ceremony were the national chairman…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Bukola Saraki,President of the Senate on Tuesday decamped from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People`s Democratic Party(PDP). In a statement personally signed by the President of the Senate, Saraki said that he had consulted widely and come to the conclusion of leaving the party due to a myriad of…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki Tuesday announced via Twitter his long speculated defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Saraki however did not name his next political party even though speculations are rife that he is bound for the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. “I wish to inform Nigerians…
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…
