LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has finally spoken on the recent defection of the Governor of Ebonyi State from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that such political dramas should not form the focus of Nigerians, when the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As the country marks the 60th Anniversary of her Independence, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described it as an opportunity for Nigerians to ask themselves some fundamental questions about the factors that had continued to regress and stagnate the nation,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A study on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the Nigerian Economy by the Copenhagen Consensus Centre in conjunction with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) shows that the policy costs the country over $373.5 billion. The study revealed that moderate social distancing and school closures policies by Nigeria,…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi has lamented the increasing cost of corruption bearing down on Nigeria’s economy ranging from borrowed funds not put into judicious use, revenues not properly accounted for to constant demands for kick-backs by public office holders. Obi, in…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The nation’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, says the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force the economy into recession. Ahmed made the comments after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “On the economy, COVID-19 has resulted in the collapse in oil prices,” she said. “This will…
LAGOS JNAURY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“The 2019 election is not about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari, but about the survival of Nigeria,” the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, said during the weekend. He was speaking with the press at Amichi, Anambra State, shortly after the dedication of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, at the weekend gave an idea of how he and the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, would fix the country’s economy if voted into power by Nigerians during the February 2019 election. Obi, who was fielding questions from newsmen…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the Nigerian economy is on life support due to the rising debt profile of about N22.7 trillion. Obi, disclosed this at the ‘2018 This Generation Conference’ organised by the Summit Bible Church, with the theme, “Taking Responsibility, Making Nigeria Great”, on…