Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says the election results do not “reflect the will of the people”. His statement comes amid criticisms of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to electronically transmit results to its portal. On Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, declared Bola Tinubu,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address technical hitches reportedly associated with the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the governorship and state assembly elections on March 11. Ned Price, Spokesperson for the State Department, in a statement, said Nigerians were clearly within their…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has so far uploaded 147,578 results from 176, 846 polling units, five days after the presidential election. The figure represents 83 per cent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. Nigerians…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 316,071 people have signed an online petition calling on the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and European Union authorities to cancel the visas of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, over alleged rigging of last Saturday’s presidential election in favour of the ruling All Progressives…
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 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, Sokoto office has declared all the National Assembly elections in the state inconclusive. The spokesman of the Commission in the state, Dr. Shamsuddeen Haliru, disclosed this to our correspondent. He said, “all the 11 Federal Constituencies and the three Senatorial Districts have not been returned. Therefore, Supplementary…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oba Abdul Ganiyu Aderibigbe Asunmo, the Alayandelu of Odo-Ayandelu in Ikosi-Ejinrin Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, has cried out over activities of cultists in his domain. The monarch said cultists have crippled both economy and social activities in his domain, while his life is already exposed to danger. Oba Asunmo…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, broke his silence on the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election, claiming that the exercise was marred by irregularities. The former Anambra State governor who addressed a world press conference in Abuja claimed that the process that produced Bola Tinubu of the All…