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…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After months of anticipation and consultations, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and other aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) might defect from the party on Thursday. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the party,…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the All Progressivs Congress (APC) Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has warned Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige of sack from the APC and the cabinet should he refuse to inaugurate boards of agencies under his ministries. Fielding question from State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari,…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be in a hurry to get its deal with members of the Reformed -All Progressives Congress (R-APC) done and sealed. The two sides have been locked in intense talks and negotiations over the last few weeks for the aggrieved members of the APC to switch…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Last Saturday’s election in Ekiti state has been concluded, but the controversies trailing same, especially monetary inducements of voters, are yet to die down, as some of the voters themselves, in shocking revelation told Saturday Telegraph how they were induced by almost all the parties in the election. Journalists who moved round…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar stood before a cheering crowd in his home state of Adamawa on Saturday, announcing he will seek the Peoples Democratic Party ticket for president next February. Decrying the large-scale killings that have touched many parts of the country in recent months before thousands packed into Yola town…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki is allegedly seeking at least N10 billion in monetary compensation from President Muhammadu Buhari in a high stakes deal as part of conditions to remain in the ruling party. Saraki, who is the arrowhead of the splinter group of the APC, Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC, is…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suleiman Wambai, North-Central National Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) said Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is not leaving the party. Wambai told newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia that the governor has not officially written to the party about his intention to leave. He said that despite the lack of…