LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Police Command has disclosed that a 37-year-old woman, Bilikisu Kazeem, died during a gun battle between operatives and kidnappers on Friday. The incident occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to the Command, nine hostages were rescued from the kidnappers during the encounter. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun reconciliation of members, indicating interest to bring back presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in this year’s general elections, Peter Obi, to its fold. The main opposition party, yesterday, stated that for it not to go into oblivion and win the 2027 polls, “a Northerner cannot…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, including Senator Obinna Ogba who represented Ebonyi central zone between 2015 and 2023, and the former House of Representatives member, Chief Livinus Makwa, have resigned their party’s membership. Some state working committee including James Alaka, the organizing Secretary of the party;…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the past year, 2021, as difficult for Nigerians in all ramifications. Answering questions from the Press yesterday at the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri on what is needed for Nigeria to move on in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is a high likelihood that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections from the northern part of the country as stakeholders are set to zone the chairmanship position of the party to the South. During its 92nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed October 30 and 31 for the conduct of the national convention of the party. Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state and chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, made the announcement after a closed-door meeting of the PDP national caucus at the party’s headquarters in…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, has assumed leadership of the party following a court injunction that barred Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the party’s National Chairman. Akinwonmi, in a statement after assuming office on Tuesday, postponed the National Working Committee (NWC)…