LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar stood before a cheering crowd in his home state of Adamawa on Saturday, announcing he will seek the Peoples Democratic Party ticket for president next February. Decrying the large-scale killings that have touched many parts of the country in recent months before thousands packed into Yola town…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty hours after, the Presidency has disowned the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Gideon Sammani, over the announcement of former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff as the Director General of Buhari 2019 Presidential Support Committee. It described the announcement as “unauthorised, misleading and…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina charged those against the administration’s ranching and colony programmes for herdsmen to rethink, noting that they are better off living with the ranches and colonies than dying through the persisting conflicts. Femi Adesina, speaking on an AIT morning programme in…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians, especially the priests of God, to continue talking about all aspects of governance in the country. He warned that the danger in keeping quiet is that those in authority might be sufficiently shielded by their aides from knowing the true position…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has announced that June 12 this year will not be marked as a public holiday following its declaration as the new Democracy Day. In a tweet on Friday, the Federal Government said while it will not be marked this year, June 12 “in future years will replace May 29th…
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 APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to dump all Executive communications sent to it for action. The resolution to “keep all Executive communications in view” was one of the high points of about…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As politicians start announcing their candidacies and parties begin devising their platforms ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections, a few crucial details remain in the air. Due to a political tug of war in Abuja, it is still unclear when exactly voters will go to the ballot and in what order they…