LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely one week after releasing his presidential campaign council list, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has come under heavy fire from the leadership and national working committee of the party. In a strongly worded letter written and signed by the National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A third-party candidate is the top choice to become the next president of Africa’s most populous country, according to a new opinion poll. A clear majority of respondents said they intend to vote for Peter Obi, a former state governor, in elections scheduled for February. The results of the survey conducted for…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, have been warned against causing division among Christians with money. The warning was made in a statement issued by the Northern States Christian Elders Forum, signed by its chairman, Oyinehi Inalegwu, on Tuesday. “We warn APC to stop using monetary incentives…
Peter LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the 2023 presidential election garners momentum, a new opinion poll released yesterday has put the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, ahead of other contestants, garnering 51 per cent of registered voters’ support. The poll was conducted on registered voters by the We2Geda Foundation to deepen the conversation…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next February’s election in an open race to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. Less than five months before the ballot, no clear frontrunner has emerged with major candidates all confronting challenges on their path to the top…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has chided elder statesman Pa Ayo Adebanjo over the claims that pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation Afenifere has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. The former Lagos governor maintained that Adebanjo has turned Afenifere into his personal estate…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chimaroke Nnamani, has been listed as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. In a document released on Friday and obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Nnamani is the 350th on the list of the 422-man council. The document was signed…
By Farooq A. Kperogi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ancient Greeks are credited with saying the truth is often the first casualty in war. I think in political campaigns, truth is also the first casualty, and we have started to see that already in the current election cycle in Nigeria. In this column, I highlight a few…