LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps vehicle conveying election materials from Abuja to Lagos crashed on Friday evening, election eve. The accident reportedly occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. The vehicle was also carrying operatives of the NSCDC to Lagos. In a video on social media, people are seen rendering…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday intercepted the sum of N32,400 million allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, revealed that the recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos zonal command of the commission He…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been urged to track all money transferred 48hrs to election day through the commercial banks. A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Speak Out Africa Initiative, gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja. Kenneth Eze, the executive director of the NGO, said this would help in possible identification…
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 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State on Thursday condemned INEC for omitting party’s logo in the Senatorial and House of Representatives’ ballot papers ahead of the Saturday’s General Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC on Wednesday took delivery of sensitive materials for the Presidential and National…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials rushed to prepare polling stations Friday, on the eve of Nigeria’s crucial election, amid new concerns of vote buying after police said one lawmaker was arrested with nearly $500,000 in cash and a distribution list. In the southeast, fears that separatists may target polling stations prompted election workers in parts of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Hon. Chinyere Igwe (Member House of Representatives) and Atiku Abubakar’s campaigner was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in Port Harcourt with over Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000.00). During interrogation, he claimed it was given to him by Atiku to ensure his electoral success in Rivers State. Also…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the former Sierra Leone President, Mr Mike Koroma today 23 February 2023 led Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Election Monitoring Team to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja. Elated over the warm reception accorded to him and other members of the ECOWAS Election team,…