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,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing the Bayelsa East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has voluntarily withdrawn from the race for the Bayelsa East Senatorial District. Bruce announced his withdrawal from the Senatorial contest in a letter dated October 2, 2018, addressed to the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara are conspicuously absent at the Eagle Square , venue of the 58 independence anniversary. President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and other prominent personalities are presently witnessing the anniversary. The duo of Saraki and Dogara…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28 (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State rerun conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been decided with the All Progressive Alliance’s (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola winning the poll. The keenly contested election had been declared inconclusive by INEC on Sunday which necessitated a rerun. The APC candidate polled 1,160 votes which increased his…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The seven polling units where today’s elections take place are Ife North, Ward 10, PU2; Ife South, Olode Ward 07, PU12, Adereti Village; Ife South Osi Ward 8 PU10, Aluti Erin Primary School, Albert village; Orolu Ward 08 PU001, Kajola village; Orolu Ward 08 PU004 Idi Iya village; Orolu Ward 09 PU…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State. SenatorAdemola Adeleke, has described the ongoing rerun election in seven units in the state as a ‘coup ‘. Adeleke, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, said that supporters of the PDP were being denied access to ballot papers in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election, Ademola Adeleke, has written a letter to diplomatic missions in Nigeria, informing them that his life is under threat. According to a statement by the spokesperson of his campaign, Olawale Rasheed, Senator Adeleke also informed the missions of a…