LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; a former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau; and other presidential aspirants interested in contesting in the 2019 election have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a debate ahead of the poll if they emerge as their parties’ candidates. The other presidential aspirants who have challenged the President…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sen Suleiman Hunkuyi-led faction of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State says it is considering defecting to another political party barely few months to the 2019 general elections. The group, known as APC Akida, in a statement in Kaduna on Friday said it has concluded a review of the state…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kwara, Alhaji Kawu Baraje has said that parallel congresses of the party in 21 out of its 22 controlled states is a bad omen that all is not well with the party. Alhaji Kawu Baraje stated this on Sunday while speaking with journalists…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has taken a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over parallel congresses in some of their state chapters. Different factions of the APC have conducted their own congresses in Enugu, Imo, Delta, Kogi, etc. “Congratulations to the 72 new State Chairmen of APC….
LAGOS MAY 13T (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday won the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary election for the July 14 election in Ekiti. In the declared result of the exercise, Fayemi polled 941 votes to defeat 31 other aspirants, including a former governor of the state, Chief Segun…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, appear to be spoiling for a fight as they issued a seven-day ultimatum, asking the party to address their complaints of marginalization. Their letter which was addressed to the National chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe, has declared that there was no ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 319 wards of the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State. Abe, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his spokesperson, Parry…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What should have been the ‘ward congress’ of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo ended in violence on Saturday, May 5, with deputy governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere, allegedly escaping attack by thugs. The incident reportedly happened at the party’s secretariat in the state. According to Vanguard, Governor Rochas…