LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours after former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, emerged as the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, a clique in Igbo land led by Governor Dave Umahi and Chief Chris Uba has started mounting pressure on the party’s Presidential Candidate, former Vice…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NESRANGERS)-The presidential flagbearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has officially confirmed former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as his running mate for the 2019 general elections. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Friday evening by the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Mr Gbenga…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed his ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday when Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and some leaders of the Party visited him at his Abeokuta home. He said he believed Atiku has ‘re-discovered and re-positioned himself’…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose made this known after the National Convention of the party which held on Saturday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The governor also hinted on Monday that he would renounce his “membership of the PDP anytime…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday at the main bowl of Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, won the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Hardly did Atiku emerge as the winner than the talk of his running mate started. Investigations by our correspondents showed that the search might…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some presidential aspirants on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are plotting a fall-back option in the event they fail to get the ticket in the party’s primary election, investigations by Daily Trust have revealed. Senate President Bukola Saraki, his predecessor David Mark, Senators Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Jonah Jang are…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the last count, no fewer than 14 members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have indicated their intention to seek the presidential ticket of the party. The aspirants are a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar; the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; his predecessor, David Mark; Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal;…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7H (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, on Friday faulted the police leadership for dismissing the three inspectors who raided his home. The Ijaw leader believes the officers led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who has also been suspended, could not have embarked on the operation without the knowledge of the police authorities….