LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Council of State has approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday. He said that President Bola…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday endorsed the 2023 Presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The party, which has equally endorsed Governor Alex Otti of Abia State’s re-election bid and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour as the party’s flag…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Women’s affairs ministers from Commonwealth countries, including representatives from Nigeria, have committed to a roadmap yesterday, designed to scale up efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, especially in climate action. The roadmap was the result of three-day deliberations among ministers at their triennial Commonwealth meeting in The Bahamas…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has endorsed Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos. Mr Adebanjo made this statement when Mr Rhodes-Vivour paid a courtesy visit to his home on Thursday. The Afenifere leader described Mr Rhodes-Vivour as a true Yoruba blood and appealed to…
LAGOS FEBRUARU 21ST (NEWRANGERS)-Afenifere National Youth Council (ANYC), yesterday, endorsed the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for President in the forthcoming general election, while calling on other Yoruba to vote for him. The National President of the group, Eniola Ojajuni, who spoke at a meeting in Lagos, said it was the turn of…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-For Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (PDP), landed a big boost to his ambition to replace President Muhammadu Buhari, for Nigeria’s number one job, by securing the endorsement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, which had remained in the realm of conjecture all these while. To boot, the former President,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has officially endorsed the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for the 2023 general elections. Ohanaeze said Obi represented “Nigerian conscience, moral probity, generational hope, redemption epiphany, and above all, the Igbo collective unconscious.” The Igbo body, which stated this in a statement on…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular singers, Paul and Peter Okoye better known as Psquare have endorsed Peter Obi for the 2023 presidential race. African Examiner writes that Obi, a former Anambra governor, is running for the presidency on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Taking to his Instagram account, Paul tasked Nigerians to get their…