LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Ekiti governorship election, is coasting home to victory, according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in majority of the 16 local councils in the state. Fayemi, who was governor of the state between 2010 and…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty-four candidates from various political parties will on Saturday (today) contest for the Ekiti State governorship election. There had been tension and apprehension during the electioneering, especially with the deployment of more than 30,000 security men by the police and other security agencies in the state for the poll. According to records…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency, through the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), has formally announced a former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the Director General of Buhari 2019 Presidential Support Committee. Sheriff was a two-term governor of Borno State and returned to the…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours to the governorship election in Ekiti State, security Operatives have reportedly arrested the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy governorship candidate, Deji Ogunsakin and three members of the State House of Assembly. The incident was confirmed by the State Governor, Ayodele Fayose who raise the alarm on Thursday night. In…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and at least 30 other political parties in the opposition Monday announced the signing of a MoU and formation of an alliance with a new name – Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP). The announcement was made at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has commended a former PDP Chairmanship aspirant, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja for withdrawing his suit challenging the its national convention, which produced Prince Uche Secondus as National Chairman in the December 2017 convention. The governor in a…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has spoken in condemnation of a picture of the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) kit currently making the rounds on social media. Fani-Kayode, writing on his verified Twitter page, insisted the image looks photoshopped and said it was only compounding…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Senate President Bukola Saraki is warming up to join the race for the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in August, according to sources in his camp. Hints about his presidential ambition emerged yesterday; just 24 hours after the Supreme Court cleared him of allegations of impropriety in his declaration…