LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi has emerged as one of the top contenders looking to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in February’s election. A recent Twitter post claimed to show a picture of Obi using a teleprompter during a speech at the London-based think tank Chatham House. But the claim is false: AFP…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chatham House in Central London is a place where the best rub minds in a rarefied atmosphere. It has continued to host personalities interested in governing states, where their knowledge about policy and emerging developmental trends are gauged. This is what informs a question session even after a written speech has been delivered. …
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the 2023 general election is an election for the young people in Nigeria. Giving a breakdown of voter registration and collection of Permanent Voter Cards in Nigeria at his address at Chatham House, London, Tuesday afternoon, Yakubu said…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, yesterday spoke at the Chatham House in London, the famous independent policy institute trusted for debate and dialogue. Obi spoke on his vision for policy change and the institutional reforms that the Labour Party has for Nigeria. Here are 10 quotes from his speech. “We would…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the various ethnic agitations across Nigeria are a product of failed leadership. Fielding questions during his address at Chatham House, London, Obi said equity, justice and fairness would solve the problem of agitation in the country. Asked by a member of…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the top choice in four opinion polls ahead of next month’s Nigerian elections, has promised to reprofile the nation’s debt if elected. Obi, a third-party candidate who is running on the Labour Party ticket, said he would extend payments of the country’s debt over a longer period. “Then we will…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the presidential candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP and the Labour Party, LP, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peter Obi, respectively are expected to speak at the Chatham House research event billed for next week. The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has sparked mixed reactions after assigning members of his team to answer some of the questions he was asked at the Chatham House. Naija News earlier reported that Tinubu spoke on Monday, December 5, 2022, at the Chatham House in London, United Kingdom….