LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable fear across the country, especially in political circles, as the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal gets set to deliver judgment on petition. Several governors returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the March 18 poll are in court following petitions by their opponents who felt cheated. The tribunals…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday defended the West African nation’s decision to stop subsidizing fuel, a move that already is adding to economic hardships by pushing up prices for transportation and commodities. The money saved by endng the decades long subsidy last week will help the government’s efforts to fight poverty…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, President Muhammadu Buhari convened the National Security Council, NSC, meeting yesterday, with the Inspector General of Police IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, revealing that the force is investigating individuals, including state governors, whose utterances were considered to have incited citizens to riot over the naira…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three state governors — from Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara in the north of the country — all belonging to the ruling party sued the federal government, seeking the suspension of the central bank’s plan that has caused a cash crisis and disrupted transactions in Africa’s largest economy. The governors appealed to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba to promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the reported attack on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina state, and other cases of election-related intimidation, harassment and violence across…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The post-Convention crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another twist on Wednesday as most governors elected on the platform of the party boycotted the inauguration of the Gubernatorial National Campaign Council for Osun State. PDP had named a 128-member national campaign council, which included 12 governors. But at the inauguration…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked state governors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party to support him in choosing a successor who would stand for election in a presidential contest in February 2023. Nigerians will go to the polls to choose a new president as Buhari will step down…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid declarations from different Southern politicians, some Governors are pushing for a Northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, POLITICS NIGERIA exclusively gathered. Based on the existing North/South rotation, the All Progressives Congress reportedly zoned the office of the President to the South since the outgoing President is a Northerner. Yemi…