LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The quick intervention of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Labour Party (LP) last week saved the plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to weaken the party leadership and scuttle the petition filed by its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as presidentelect. A…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator-elect, David Jimkuta, has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC), over allegations of gross anti-party activities. The Taraba State Chapter of the party in the Takum Local Government Area made this known in a letter dated April 7th, 2023 and signed by the party’s council chairman, Honourable Sirajo Sallau….
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawmakers from different political parties in the minority caucus on Tuesday met to pull an upset against the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers converged at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja and deliberated on ways to pull their numbers together to decide the next Speaker of the House. Elected lawmakers from the Peoples…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About a month after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as winner of the February 25 presidential election, the whereabouts and health condition of the President-elect has continued to generate ripples within his political circle. Although the media managers of…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The ward of Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has suspended him. His suspension is contained in a letter signed by Muazu Kabiri, an official of the party in Gwadabawa Ward of Jimeta. According to Kabiri, the SGF did…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A good governance group, Govindex Leadership, Empowerment and Development Foundation, has come down hard on President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of contempt by attempting to teleguide and intimidate the Judiciary with regard to the on-going litigation over the controversial February 25 Presidential election. Govindex in a statement issued on Wednesday slammed the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party said it had engaged the services of at least 20 senior advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on behalf of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. According to sources within the party, the lawyers drawn from different chambers were being furnished with materials…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 36% of the vote, official results show. His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a…