LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African Examination Council (WAEC) official, Henry Adewunmi, who said he has worked with examination board for 30 years told the Presidential election tribunal that the assessment result issued to President Muhammadu Buhari by Cambridge Assessment Center is not a document from WAEC. Adewunmi said this on Wednesday when President Muhammadu…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a rush to beat the 21 days deadline provided by the Electoral Act, lawyers to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday evening, stormed the tribunal to lodge a petition against President Muhammadu Buhari. The Independent National Electoral Commission had on February 27, declared…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With results from 18 states of the country and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had an early lead over his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opponent, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in last Saturday’s presidential election. According to authenticated results from the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the presidential and parliamentary election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. PDP had Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate. The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, in a press briefing currently ongoing said the results being announced by INEC are…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21S (NEWSRANGERS)-The subcommittee of the US Congress for Africa, Human Rights, Global Health and International Organizations has queried the US government on its responses to reports of repression of opponents by the government of Nigeria. During the hearing on Nigeria entitled, “Nigeria at a Crossroads: The Upcoming Elections” held on December 13, 2018,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Bureau of Statistics has released eye-popping figures about the woes of the Nigerian economy. The body amidst pressures from the FG, stated that 20.9 millions Nigerians have lost their jobs under the three and half years of President Buhari’s administration. This did not come as a surprise to the Nigerian…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)_The Nigerian Election Debate Group has fixed January 19, 2019 for a debate for presidential candidates of different political parties taking part in the 2019 elections. The vice presidential candidates are billed to have their debate on December 14, 2018. The group’s chairman, Mr. John Momoh, disclosed this at a press conference…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Mohammadu Buhari, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Vice President Namadi Sambo, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, as well as former presidents of Ghana, Benin, Sierra Leone and others eulogized former President Goodluck Jonathan for stabilizing Nigeria after he lost the 2015 general presidential elections. The leaders…