LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s ruling party has split after a faction declared that it no longer supports the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening his hopes of a securing a second term in an election due early next year. A group of politicians who were part of the All Progressives Congress (APC) told a news conference…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said he remains a member of the All Progressives Congress. Saraki said this in reaction to the formation of a new party, Reformed APC, by some aggrieved members on Wednesday, a development to which his name had been linked. But he said…
LAGOSJULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-A faction named Reformed APC (R-APC) has emerged from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This was contained in a Press Conference held by the new faction, R-APC in Abuja on Wednesday where it named former Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Secretary, Buba Galadima as its National Chairman. At the Press Conference held at…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmad, on Monday dumped All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that, the party should not be trusted to rule beyond 2019. Baba-Ahmed who is also a one-time INEC Secretary however clarified that his decision to dump APC has nothing to do with his principal,…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The plan by the opposition parties to form a grand alliance to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which is certain to present President Muhammadu Buhari as its standard-bearer in the 2019 election, is finally taking shape as the parties have almost concluded the terms of the alliance. Sunday Tribune learnt…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential aspirant under the platform of All Progress Congress (APC }not too young to run, have written to the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole urging him and the party working committee to reduce the Presidential nomination fees to N18,000 or strke it out completely to conform with the position…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday night paid a courtesy visit to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja. Kwankwaso arrived at Atiku’s residence at 8.30pm and went into a closed-door meeting with the former Vice President. The details of their meeting…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has adopted “Progress” as its new slogan and dumped “Change”, which it used to assume power in 2015. Though the party is yet to formally amend its constitution to this effect, one of the announcers at Saturday’s ongoing convention of the party announced the change. “I…