LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NESRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has withdrawn from seeking to retain his seat in the party’s upcoming National Convention. Odigie-Oyegun announced his withdrawal from the race at a press conference on Friday in his Abuja residence. He said: Even though, I had the desire to re-contest…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Few hours after member of Senate, Dino Melaye announced his defection from APC to PDP, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Interior, Adams Jagaba, on Wednesday formally decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Jagaba, who is from Kaduna State, on Wednesday, announced his defection…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After weeks of being away from the Senate Chambers, the Senator representing the Kogi West Senatorial Constituency, Senator Dino Melaye has resumed plenary. Senator Melaye resumed plenary on Wednesday and asked to be moved from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) side of the chamber to the Opposition. The Senator who resumed…
LAGOSMAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye, APC-Kogi West has defected to People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Embattled Melaye announced his preference for a seat on the side of the senators of the opposition PDP , an indication of defection at the plenary on Wednesday, causing rowdy session. He caused the commotion after weeks of being away from…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyeye made this known in a press briefing in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday. He said he decided to join the APC because he wanted to free Ekiti State from the…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former president Olusegun Obasanjo and his party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), have announced plans to unveil a mega alliance in June. The move, according to the party, was part of the resolve to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. National Chairman of ADC, Okey Nwosu,…
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…
