LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As politics thickens ahead of the 2027 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition coalition under the aegis of the African Democratic Congress seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu are scrambling for the 5.7 million votes in the northern state of Kano, Sunday PUNCH’s findings have revealed. Central to…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The hardship in the country vis-à-vis the plight of Nigerian workers was at the centre of the conversation in Abuja on Friday as some members of the Obidient Movement powered by the Cyrus Group and Free Nigeria Foundation held a talk show as part of the May Day celebration. The high points…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that he did not exhibit any sign of desperation to make the leadership of the party believe he craves a ‘free ticket’ or ‘special treatment’ ahead of the 2027 election. Obi, who spoke through his media aide, Ibrahim Umar, was…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the race for 2027 elections begins to shape up, strong rumours of defection are swirling around no fewer than five first term opposition governors, LEADERSHIP checks have revealed. Investigations by LEADERSHIP showed that governors of Abia (Alex Otti) Enugu (Peter Mbah), Delta (Sheriff Oborevwori), Rivers (Siminalayi Fubara) and Akwa Ibom (Umoh…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2027 election, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says there is no merger deal yet with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) or any other party. The former Anambra State governor stated this on Thursday morning when he held…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four members of the Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Chinedu Okere (Owerri municipal/owerri north/Owerri west constituency), Mathew Donatus (Kaura federal constituency of Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Calabar municipal/Odukpani constituency), and Esosa Iyawe (Oredo federal constituency of Edo). Speaker…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has condemned the “inhumane treatment” of protesters, including minors, brought to the court. Obi said that the constitution in a democratic dispensation allows the people to protest against bad governance that is affecting their livelihood. The Labour Party leader…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of supporters on Saturday joined Tinok Andrew Nok, a senatorial aspirant in the 2023 general election, as she moved from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the Labour Party in Kaduna State. Tinok, the younger sister of former Kaduna State Commissioner of Education, Prof. Andrew Nok, expressed her conviction that the…