LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Former Minister of Justice of Nigeria, Michael Aondoakaa, has disclosed that according to the interpretation of the law by the Supreme Court concerning the presidential election and the status of Abuja, there should be a special status which should be given to Abuja on election matters. Michael Aondoakaa disclosed that when…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A presidential candidate for the February 25 presidential election has been slammed for allegedly mopping up the scarce new naira notes and sharing to his supporters with a plan to induce voters during elections. Calling on voters to resist vote buying, top official of the Nigerian Security Printing And Minting (NSPM) told…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has denied reports that the G-5 governors have endorsed any presidential candidate. He spoke at the Eneka Road roundabout during the inauguration of the Eneka-Igbo Etche Road project, shortly after arriving from the UK on Friday. He also denied having any interview with the BBC as alleged…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidates of all political parties have signed a peace accord committing themselves to a peaceful campaign for the 2023 election. All the candidates and the national chairman chairmen of their parties signed the accord organised by the National Peace Committee in Abuja on Thursday. Some of the candidates that signed the…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is seeking the help of the court to wrest the PDP presidential candidacy from Atiku Abubakar. He has sued Abubakar, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held in Abuja on May…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Our attention was brought to the above campaign of calumny lunched by some faceless groups. Is it by coincidence that it came when we were reliably informed that some political parties have charged their political office holders to hire people to relentlessly attack Obi with falsehoods on all available…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Enugu State who was also a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has called on different political parties, especially the PDP, in the interest of fairness, equity and justice, to zone their presidential tickets to the South East, saying that the Igbos…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A US presidential nominee has never died or had to withdraw from a White House race this close to an election. But President Donald Trump’s hospitalization for coronavirus just a month from the November 3 vote has raised the question of what happens if such an event should occur. Trump is 74…