LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Governor Monday Okpehbolo, on Monday, visited families of the 16 hunters killed by a vigilance group in Uromi, amid protests by aggrieved individuals and groups in the area. Okpehbolo was accompanied by Governor Abba Yusuf on the visit to Toronkawa village in Bunkure Local Government Area, where the deceased hunters hailed from….
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has declared that governors lack the constitutional authority to suspend or remove local government chairmen from office. Fagbemi made the declaration while addressing journalists on Wednesday. His comments were in response to questions about the recent actions of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the results of the governorship poll held on Saturday in which Governor Godwin Obaseki was declared winner. Obaseki had polled 307,955 votes to defeat Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC who scored 223,619 votes. Reacting to Obaseki’s victory, the APC…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that the disqualification of Obaseki by the APC Screening Panel is a hatchet job aimed at installing a stooge that will allow some people unfettered access to Edo Treasury. Chief Oyegun noted that while the disqualification is not…