LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has landed a major victory in the United States as part of his ongoing push to demonstrate Bola Tinubu’s ineligibility to be Nigeria’s president. A federal court in Chicago ruled on Tuesday night that Chicago State University (CSU) must turn over all records relating to Mr Tinubu…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wednesday’s judgement of the President Election Petition Court will not mark the end of the controversies trailing the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. News Direct recalls that the five-man panel, in a final judgement read by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, struck out the three petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian election tribunal will on Wednesday deliver its ruling to petitions challenging the result of a presidential vote that brought Bola Tinubu to power, the court registrar said on Monday. The victory in February for Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress, is disputed by his two main opponents. Atiku Abubakar of…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Monday, seemingly responded to a report that he was in talks with Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso for a possible merger to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC), assuring supporters of his commitment to the party….
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gearing up for possibilities as the country continues its transition process, the trio of Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Peter Obi have begun to discuss the possibility of a merger, with the ultimate goal of setting up a formidable party that can more effectively challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), THISDAY…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has sent Oluwole Afolabi, a lawyer of the All Progressives Congress — who inundated Adams Oshiomole with legal battles leading to his removal as party chairman in 2020 — to the U.S. to defend him in the Chicago university records case in which his principal opponent Atiku Abubakar is…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has until August 23 to present persuasive arguments as to why Chicago State University should not be ordered to release his academic records to Atiku Abubakar, his rival in the February 25 Nigerian presidential election, according to court filings seen by Peoples Gazette. This deadline was imposed on August…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in 2023 General Election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has commended the role played so far by Economic West African States (ECOWAS) in handling the crisis in Niger Republic. In a statement, Atiku warned that as the ECOWAS continues to work towards reinstating…