LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, has confirmed the recent revelation by the Presidency that erstwhile governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, was impeached because of his failure to inflate the budget. Uzodike, however, clarified that the Presidency under former President Goodluck Jonathan and the then…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWRANGERS)-Eleven years after his impeachment, The Presidency has confirmed that former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, did not commit any crime deserving removal from office but that his offence was his refusal to inflate the budget of the state. Commenting on the incident, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhamadu Buhari…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained why, contrary to the expectations of many, he did not give his elder sister, Lady Bibiana Adani, an ostentatious burial. Lady Bibiana Adani, who died recently, was buried on Friday in her husband’s place, Adani, Ukana, Enugu State. Responding to criticisms for…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for attitudinal change towards education among Nigerians. He decried the subsisting situation of, in his words, “the lack of treating education with the seriousness it deserves by classifying money spent on it as expenditure rather than investment”. Making this observation on…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on students to always remain focused in their endeavours at all times. Obi spoke yesterday during his visit to St. Peter’s Secondary School, Garaku, Nasarawa State. Obi, who started the day with mass of ascension with the students, told them that…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advocated an aspect of the Chinese model of electing their leaders, based on their past performances at lower levels of government, for Nigeria. He made the suggestion at the weekend during an international conference with the theme, “Philosophy, Law and Politics”, at…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, said that Nigeria needed urgent and patriotic efforts from all Nigerian to save it from total collapse, which he said was as a result of cumulative leadership failure over the years. He said that the failure was manifested in many ways, including the…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended Nigerian workers as they celebrate workers’ day today. In a message made available to the press, the former Governor said that workers throughout the world deserved to be celebrated because from the labour of their hands the machinery of Government was…
