LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A faction of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kaduna state has suspended the governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, for six months. The governor’s suspension is coming three days after the faction, known as Kaduna Restoration Group, issued him a query and suspended three of his aides. The party faction led…
LAGOS FEBRURY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party says the counsel by the All Progressives Congress National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and military dictator, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (retd.) should quit politics and join the retiree’s club, best suits President Muhammadu Buhari. The party said Tinubu’s stance completely vindicates the position of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths from the six geo-political zones on Friday described the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as one of the most competent and honest politicians in the world. “Oyegun is an impeccably honest man, certainly a rare variety among politicians today. Even the opposition can swear to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-Northern leaders on Wednesday raised their voice in protest against critics of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. The leaders said they were “shocked” by the reported comments of some individuals on the leadership of Nigeria’s ruling political party, At a strategic planning meeting in Yola, the leaders…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Truth, in the words of Thomas Aquinas, is the agreement of what is in the mind with what is on the lips. Considering this remark in relation to the truth as told by the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in his memo to President Buhari, and the ripple reactions…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) may have been thrown into another round of confusion ahead of the 2019 general elections as posters of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe flood Abuja and other Nigerian cities. This is happening barely a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo stoked controversy in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS) Resident Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo met today, Sunday, January 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the opening session of the 30th African Union Summit. This is the first time both men are meeting since Obasanjo advised President Buhari not to re-contest in 2019 in a widely publicized letter….
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE All Progressives Congress ( APC) said it needed time to study the statement, saying it will only respond to the former President’s letter after carefully studying it. The Nation gathered that the content of the letter was discussed at a National Working Committee of the party which was ongoing at the…