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…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The plan by the opposition parties to form a grand alliance to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which is certain to present President Muhammadu Buhari as its standard-bearer in the 2019 election, is finally taking shape as the parties have almost concluded the terms of the alliance. Sunday Tribune learnt…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Adviser to the former Governor of Anambra State has reacted to the news trending in the media that his boss, Mr. Peter Obi, is the Vice Presidential candidate to Alhaji Abukakar Atiku. In a release made available to the NewsRangers, Mr. Valentine Obienyem dismissed the news as mere speculation. In…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex- President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has what it takes to return to power in 2019, stressing that the main opposition party which lost the Presidential election in 2015, is getting stronger. Both leaders stated this on Wednesday…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President and leading PDP Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met at the Akure airport on Monday. Atiku, who was on his way to Ekiti State on a working visit ran into Bola Tinubu, who was with some…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) frontline presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited Ekiti State for a strategic review meeting with Governor Ayodele Fayose where he also rallied support for Prof. Kolapo Olusola, the PDP governorship candidate in the State in the July 14 Governorship election. A statement from…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party has outlined how its 2019 presidential candidate will emerge. In a 40-page document titled ‘Electoral Guideline for the PDP, Directorate of Organisation and Mobilisation’, made available to newsmen at Abuja on Saturday, the party said its presidential aspirants are to pay a total sum of N12m for both…