LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition parties in Nigeria’s fiercely contested polls will attempt to do what has been described as the impossible – getting a court to overturn the outcome of a presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation. Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, the second and third-placed candidates in the tightest presidential election since the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to come out for the governorship and state assembly elections on Saturday, March 11. Obi stated this during a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. He encouraged voters to not despair, as LP “can still achieve massive victories in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, broke his silence on the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election, claiming that the exercise was marred by irregularities. The former Anambra State governor who addressed a world press conference in Abuja claimed that the process that produced Bola Tinubu of the All…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi said on Thursday (March 2) he had won Saturday’s election. He made his first public remarks since he cast his ballot on Saturday at a hotel in the capital Abuja. “Let me reiterate and assure you the good people of Nigeria, that we will explore all legal…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian comedian cum actor, Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, has reacted to the defeat of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the just concluded 2023 election. Naija News earlier reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday, March 1, declared the All Progressives Congress…
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…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has advised his supporters and all Nigerians to stay calm. The former Anambra governor made the appeal Tuesday morning at the Asaba airport in Delta State. Obi, who was on his way to Abuja, was interviewed by a citizen that shared the same flight. “We…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi (C) talks to the media at his house in Amatutu on February 25, 2023, before polls open during Nigeria’s presidential and general election. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP) The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has defeated his counterpart in the All Progressives…
