LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-President Biden beat back calls Friday from allies that he consider bowing out of his reelection bid, following up Thursday’s weak debate performance with a firmly voiced promise to defeat former President Trump. “I give you my word as a Biden: I would not be running again if I didn’t believe with…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden tried repeatedly to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden’s criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Biden’s uneven performance,…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The OBIdients and the party’s vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed, according to a support organization in the Labour Party (LP) operating under the name The Obi-Datti Movement, are prepared for the TV debate challenge issued by Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. As previously reported by TRIBUNE ONLINE, the eminent dramatist recently challenged…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had, last week, revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami did not reveal where the IPOB leader…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UK Parliament will hold a debate on individual sanctions against Nigerian government officials on November 23, Daily Sun has learnt. In an email sent to one of the individuals (name withheld) who signed a petition asking the UK government to sanction those responsible for the killing of unarmed EndSARS protesters, the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Edo state gears up to vote for a new governor in a few days, Nigerians have taken to the social media to discuss the just concluded gubernatorial debate held on Sunday. The gubernatorial debate was between the two major contenders, Governor Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Strong disagreements over approaches to governance and records took centre stage during the governorship debate between the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday. Viewers who tuned in for the two-hour debate between Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC and Governor Godwin Obaseki of the PDP…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; a former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau; and other presidential aspirants interested in contesting in the 2019 election have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a debate ahead of the poll if they emerge as their parties’ candidates. The other presidential aspirants who have challenged the President…