LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Bukola Saraki has asked Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to quit politics. Saraki made the statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a remembrance ceremony held in honour of his late father. On Sunday, the Department of State Services (DSS) had detained Oshiomhole…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has said Senate President Bukola’s Saraki’s continued stay in office is unacceptable to the party. The APC national chairman also said it would be strange if the ruling party is experiencing “graveyard peace,” against the backdrop of recent events in APC. Oshiomhole…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A motion seeking reconstitution of the membership of the National Defence Council (NDC) and the National Security Council (NSC) suffered setback in the Senate on Tuesday. The motion, moved by Victor Umeh (APGA-Anambra Central) at plenary, had also wanted the Senate to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a military officer from…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Bukola Saraki has been named the director-general of campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The appointment, which had been subject of media speculation for days, was confirmed this morning by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, who said zonal coordinators had also…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibrahim Babangida, former military ruler has decided to throw his weight behind Abubakar Atku after emerging as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the concluded party presidential election. Babangida who had earlier declared his support for Bukola Saraki, President of the 8th Senate, backed down when his preferred aspirant could not…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara are conspicuously absent at the Eagle Square , venue of the 58 independence anniversary. President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and other prominent personalities are presently witnessing the anniversary. The duo of Saraki and Dogara…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki is currently leading former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in an online poll on twitter ahead of the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The poll posted on the twitter handle @PDP_RIVERS called on Nigerians to vote for the candidate whom they want…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Senate and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Council on Osun State Governorship Election, Dr Bukola Saraki, has faulted the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the results of the election held on Saturday were inconclusive. Saraki, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, expressed dismay…