LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANFERS)-A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president for not scoring 25 percent in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). While testifying…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, called his witness to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja. Atiku and his party are challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the presidential…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many prominent Nigerian leaders yesterday bid farewell to Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, father of the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, at Sampou community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The dignitaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan; Jonathan’s wife, Dame Patience; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The camp of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that they were officially served on Tuesday with copies of the petitions filed at the election tribunal by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The development is coming one week after Obi…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After an intense political subterfuge and disputation that followed the declaration of the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, all is now set for the anticipated legal fireworks between the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the candidates of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday granted the request of Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, request to inspect the election materials used during last Saturday’s presidential poll. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Atiku and Obi approached to Presidential Election…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition parties in Nigeria’s fiercely contested polls will attempt to do what has been described as the impossible – getting a court to overturn the outcome of a presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation. Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, the second and third-placed candidates in the tightest presidential election since the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress; main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Labour Party, were locked in a tight race, last night as results of the February 25 elections trickled in yesterday. So far, results from 14 states have been declared by the National Chairman of the Independent…