LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed his ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday when Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and some leaders of the Party visited him at his Abeokuta home. He said he believed Atiku has ‘re-discovered and re-positioned himself’…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose made this known after the National Convention of the party which held on Saturday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The governor also hinted on Monday that he would renounce his “membership of the PDP anytime…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday at the main bowl of Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, won the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Hardly did Atiku emerge as the winner than the talk of his running mate started. Investigations by our correspondents showed that the search might…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibrahim Babangida, former military ruler has decided to throw his weight behind Abubakar Atku after emerging as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the concluded party presidential election. Babangida who had earlier declared his support for Bukola Saraki, President of the 8th Senate, backed down when his preferred aspirant could not…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has paid a Thank You Visit to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at the Government House Port-Harcourt on Sunday evening. It was earlier reported that Nyesom Wike, left the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party convention before the convention ended. He reportedly left shortly after congratulating…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the victory of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as a consummation of the wishes and desires of most Nigerians, both high and low. In a message he sent to the press on Sunday evening, Obi emphasised that what the PDP delegates did in Port…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with over 6,200 supporters. Other APC chieftains who decamped alongside the former NDDC boss are former Secretary to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State chapter, on Wednesday said the emergence of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would facilitate a seamless victory for the PDP in the 2019 governorship election in the state. Speaking to Daily Independent, Gani Taofik, the party’s Publicity Secretary,…