Ikechukwu Amaechi LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It was obvious to all discerning minds from the get-go that the 2023 elections would be like no other. However, even the most perceptible of political observers could never have imagined the breadth of the incongruities, if not outright illogicalities, that are underpinning the contest. The ironies are as breathtaking…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Agitators from the Niger Delta have backed and pledged their support for Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, in the upcoming general elections. Obi was referred to as the emblem of a new Nigeria in a statement issued by the coalition of agitators, which was co-signed by some of…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Council Of Islamic Sheikhs For Good Governance (CISGG) and other Muslim leaders of affiliates groups have thrown their weight behind the Labour Party (LP) Presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi. The Clerics’ Global President and Unification Superintendent Sheikh Rufae Al-Siddiq said the decision was based on faith and conviction. In his words: “Assalamu alaikum,…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Last weekend’s massive mobilisation by Nigerian youths who planned the one million-man march, on Saturday, was the final push Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State needed to finally pull out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Until the event, Obi, who was the candidate of the opposition party for the Vice…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid declarations from different Southern politicians, some Governors are pushing for a Northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, POLITICS NIGERIA exclusively gathered. Based on the existing North/South rotation, the All Progressives Congress reportedly zoned the office of the President to the South since the outgoing President is a Northerner. Yemi…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Abia State Governor and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has said he will be ready to contest the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential ticket with former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, if the party wins the ticket to the South. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Kalu…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Governors and other visitors to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, will henceforth, take rapid COVID-19 test to be allowed into the seat of power, the Presidency said in a new regime of protocol it announced yesterday. The regulation will be applied on visitors to President Muhammadu Buhari and any other visitor to the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Atiku Abubakar Out of the race As PDP ‘Zones’ Presidential Ticket to South , Chairmanship Seat To North/ There are strong indications that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential ticket for 2023 may have been zoned to the Southern region. This comes after the PDP’s leadership reportedly resolved to zone the party’s…
