LAGOS SEPTEMBER (NEWSRANGERS) -In less than four months after the swearing-in of the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, presidential campaign posters and billboards of politicians have been found in various places across the nation. In July this year, two large billboards with the picture of Bola Tinubu, an ex-governor of Lagos State and a national chieftain…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna State Governor Nasir el- Rufai on Tuesday said he settled for Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, a fellow Muslim, as his running mate in the 2019 governorship election in the state because she is the right person for the job . The governor , who received in audience the people of Sanga Local…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed surprise at the claim of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, who recently in his Twitter account referred to Obi as “a tribal bigot”. El-Rufai alleged that Obi…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Shehu Sani, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani, who has been having a running battle with Governor Nasir El-Rufa’I, announced his exit from the APC in a letter addressed to the Chairman of party in Kaduna State. His defection from the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna Market Traders Association has denied being part of the groups that purchased the 2019 governorship form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The group, in a statement on Tuesday, said it does not know the identity of those who paraded themselves on their…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Youth Council has called of the Federal Government to commence the steps to implement the core recommendations of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee’s report on Restructuring, Power Devolution and True Federalism. The Secretary-General of the IYC (Worldwide), Alfred Kemepado, said in a statement made available toNewsRangers on Monday…
LAGOS MAY 28T (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt,Shehu Sani has announced his intention to contest against Governor Nasir El-Rufai in 2019. The lawmaker made this known in an interview with the Guardian during the weekend. The rights activist also condemned the outcome of the local government election in Kaduna. He said:…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday said Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s claim that President Muhammad Buhari is capable of winning Kwara State, among some other states being led by members of the New- PDP, if they should revolt against the President in 2019, is laughable Saraki, while addressing delegates to…