LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 36% of the vote, official results show. His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a…
By Tony Okoroji LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a bright weekday afternoon, some years ago. I was at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on my way to Lagos after an exhausting trip to the nation’s capital. As I do, now and again, before walking into the Departure Hall, I sought to buy some “kilishi”…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major blow has been dealt the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, as thousands of party members in one of the state’s largest communities, Urhonigbe, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area (LGA) at the weekend, switched allegiance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The leaders and members of the APC in Urhonigbe South, ward…