LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A House of Representatives member, Afam Ogene, says former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, should be applauded for his recent political move. Ogene made this statement on Wednesday on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television. DAILY POST recalls that Obi alongside former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Augustine Wokocha, has faulted calls being made on the former governor, Nyesom Wike to defect and lead the opposition party in the state. Recall that a former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Tony Okocha at a news briefing in…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the rumoured defection of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is yet to abate; leaders of the main opposition party, Tuesday, spoke on the development in a chat with this medium. Jonathan, who was elected President of Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party to All Progressives Congress,…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal Enugu Division, on Friday, affirmed the judgment of Ebonyi High Court, Abakaliki, which quashed a suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, to the All Progressives Congress. Governor Umahi and his Deputy had on November 2020 left the PDP, a platform…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the light of the conflicting judgments and orders served on it from Courts of coordinate jurisdiction, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to stay action on the cases involving defection of the Governor and Deputy-Governor of Ebonyi State and sixteen members of the State House of Assembly from the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked the Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, along with 15 lawmakers in the state over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Messrs Umahi and Igwe, in November last year, defected from the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday sought court order, joining the three Zamfara senators and 27 other lawmakers who defected from the the party to All Progressives Congress (APC) in a suit against Gov. Bello Matawalle. The PDP, through its counsel, O.J. Onoja, SAN, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal…