LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Deputy Governor and the running mate of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the state’s forthcoming gubernatorial election, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has insisted that no amount of kneeling stunt will save the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and his party’s candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The exoneration of African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by an Independent Review Panel set up to investigate allegations of ethical wrongdoings leveled against him, is a welcome development which paves the way for his second term as President of the Bank. Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman, Edo 2020 Campaign Council, Chief Dan Orbih has accused thugs suspected to have organized by All Progressive Congress (APC) of the desecrating Oba of Benin palace grounds. In a statement Orbih said, “The unfortunate incident that took place yesterday in the course of the official visit of the Governor and members of the…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, the reelection bid of Governor Godwin Obaseki received a major boost as his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received more defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oredo Local Government Area. Amidst cheers and fanfare, leader of the APC in Oredo…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hell was let loose on Saturday, at the ever busy Kings’ Square in Benin, Edo state capital, when supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), clashed. The clash preceded the visit of the leadership of the PDP who were at the palace to…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I shall take the liberty to begin this piece with the conclusion. Today, the 19th of July, 2020, Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 elections and a Former Governor of Anambra State, is 59. I shall simply define him…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of 35 political parties in Edo State have collapsed their structures in support of the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the forthcoming September 19 governorship election. Leader of the coalition, Hon. Collins Dare Oreruan, who addressed a press conference in Benin City on Friday, said the group is made…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Professor Charles Egbu, who was recently appointed the first black Vice Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University, United Kingdom, has won the praise of Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections. In a statement released Thursday by his Media Office and signed…