LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The camps of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Saturday exchanged words over the Labour Party, LP, presidential rally in Lagos State. LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s supporters embarked on a road walk from Lekki-Epe expressway to the Tafawa balewa Square in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives (APC) is pushing for the postponement of the 2023 general elections by a minimum of four weeks. Credible sources in the party informed DAILY INDEPENDENT that the move is being spearheaded by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. However, the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council has rejected the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A public policy think tank, the NEO AFRICANA CENTRE, has expressed dismay over the disinformation making the rounds that some presidential candidates in the February 25 polls are in merger talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a view to withdrawing from the race in favour of the PDP presidential candidate….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has declared an Ogboni leader, Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakare wanted. A statement on Thursday by Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin linked Bakare to the deadly clash in Surulere. Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed during the visit of PDP…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Governor of Adamawa State, Senator Jibrilla Bindow, has confirmed his resignation from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bindow, the Senator for Adamawa North District from 2011 to 2015, was initially in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before defecting to the APC. He was the governor from 2015 to 2019…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Aba, Abia State and others Abians are full of praises for Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, the state Governor, for his bold and unwavering support for the presidential project of Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP Presidential candidate after posters of “Peter Obi for President and Governor Ikpeazu for Senate,…
By Dakuku Peterside LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The theatricals for winning the hearts and minds of the voters are all around us. The perceptual game of showing strength in the number of supporters is an age long effective game plan for the parties, and it is one strategy that cuts across all parties. All political parties…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has told the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, that his recent suspension of party members loyal to the G-5 Governors will not help the PDP in the forthcoming polls. The Governor particularly described the dissolution of the Ekiti State executive committee of…