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…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leading contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election have made their last push for support, a week before the West African nation’s key election. As the campaign period neared its end, both the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu and the main opposition’s Atiku Abubakar on Saturday held rallies in the northeast, where extremists have…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has maintain the lead, ahead of four major candidates vying for the February 25 election about 10 days to the presidential and national assembly election. Peter Obi who has won on the online polls as far as the February 25 general election is concerned continued…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has replaced the Commissioners of Police in five States. Their redeployment is contained in a statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi. The major highlight of the shakeup, announced in less than three weeks to the general elections, is the removal of…