LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-While election officials and stakeholders made repeated calls for civic participation in the ongoing local government polls in Lagos, some young residents of Alausa, Ikeja, chose football over voting. Between 9am and 2pm on Saturday, during the peak of the electioneering process, groups of youths were seen at three different spots in…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other Offences Act and the 1962 Armed Forces Act, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said: “Today’s parliamentary vote is a major step by Ghana towards the abolition of the death penalty….
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 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran activist, Charly Boy has revealed that Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo reportedly stopped 1.5 million citizens of Chad from gaining access into the country in order to participate in Saturday’s presidential election. Charly Boy made the revelation on his Instagram page. According to Charly Boy, the Nigerian elder statesman received a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief Frank Nweke Jr., the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu, has urged the electorates to vote for Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, on Feb. 25 and cast other votes for APGA candidates. Nweke made the call while addressing the 48th Annual Synod of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The NEO AFRICANA CENTRE, a public policy think tank, has expressed concern over the right of Nigerian students to vote in the forthcoming general elections. The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled to hold on February 25, 2023, a date in which tertiary institutions in Nigeria will still be in session….
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- As the 2023 general elections inches closer, Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede has pitched her tent with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. In a post on her Instagram page, the actress noted that times are hard and tough. “As one born in the early 80s, I have vivid memories…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular US-based actor, Femi Ogedengbe has taken to his official social media handle to give his 2 cents about people planning to vote for their oppressors and still praying for God to deliver them from poverty and other afflictions that have negatively affected the country. Femi said after serving for 8 years,…