LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“We want to stop monkey de work baboon de chop. Let monkey chop. We don’t want anybody to die. We want them to live. We want the baboon to live, but we want them to join monkey in working.” These were the exact words with which Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a former gubernatorial aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, will officially announce his defection to Labour Party (LP) “next week,” PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Mr Rhodes-Vivour, one of the favourites to clinch the PDP’s guber ticket for the 2023 general election, withdrew from the race hours before the party’s primaries….
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prof. Pat Utomi, the Convener, The Big Tent of the Third Force, says the coalition and the Labour Party (LP) plan to deploy at least 15 agents each to polling booths in the country to help safeguard votes in the 2023 general elections. Utomi, the Chairman of, the National Consultative Front (NCFront)…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party vice presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has explained why he accepted his nomination as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The PUNCH reports that Obi, who is a former Anambra State governor unveiled Baba-Ahmed as his running mate in Abuja on Friday. Baba-Ahmed is…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has unveiled his running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, Abuja, was announced as the LP vice-presidential candidate in Abuja on Friday. The 46-year-old was a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna North Senatorial district. Baba-Ahmed’s announcement was coming barely 24…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wealthy businessman with a reputation for being frugal, Peter Obi has emerged as a powerful force ahead of Nigeria’s presidential election next February, energising voters with messages of prudence and accountability that are amplified by an army of social media users. In a country that seems to always be on the…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate for the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed claims in some quarters that he is an ethno religious bigot, releasing facts to prove that he never discriminated against any tribe or religion. Obi set the records straight in a statement released on Thursday morning, signed by his…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Our attention was brought to the above campaign of calumny lunched by some faceless groups. Is it by coincidence that it came when we were reliably informed that some political parties have charged their political office holders to hire people to relentlessly attack Obi with falsehoods on all available…