LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has called for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu, arguing that worsening economic conditions, insecurity and governance challenges warrant political accountability. In a post shared on X, Obi said his position was inspired by developments in the United Kingdom, where he reflected on a Monday…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has once again criticised the government’s passive and uncoordinated response to the nation’s severe insecurity problems. In a recent post on his X account, titled “What Our Pervasive Insecurity Requires: A Holistic, Not Reactive Approach,” the former governor of Anambra…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Monday led a group of protesters to the National Assembly, demanding the inclusion of mandatory electronic transmission of results in Nigeria’s Electoral Act amendment. The protesters gathered at the entrance of the National Assembly to express their grievances…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Labour Party Presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi has condemned the killings rocking some parts of Nigeria, stressing that it is time to end this endless killings. Lamenting the recent killings of forty people by terrorists in Niger state, Obi said it is deeply worrisome and unacceptable that, as we usher…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,” calling it…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s political arena erupted on Friday as the country’s Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, launched a staggering ₦200 billion defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan—an escalation that now sets the stage for one of the most consequential legal face-offs in recent memory. According to filings before the High Court of the Federal…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has threatened to take legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over Sunday’s raid on its facility. DAILY POST reports that operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, at about 2 a.m on Sunday, stormed the facility and…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businessman, Mr. Suleiman Mohammed Dikwa, has filed a lawsuit against Opay Digital Services Limited at a High Court of Justice in Jos, Plateau State over an alleged unlawful freezing of his account and unauthorised withdrawal of funds. He is seeking N30 million in damages in addition to other reliefs. In the…