LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria 2023 on Monday knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission for failing to live up to expectations in Nigeria’s electoral process. The Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission, Barry Andrews, in his preliminary statement of the EU EOM on the governorship and state Houses of…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has filed a court petition challenging last month’s disputed presidential election, the party said, kicking off what could be a long legal campaign lasting several months. There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none has succeeded. Obi…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Muhammadu Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara) the winners of Saturday’s governorship election. Also, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno; Dr Dikko Radda of…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The pan Yoruba socio-political Organisation, Afenifere, in Lagos State, has called for the cancellation of the governorship and House of Assembly elections held in the state saying the exercise was fraught with irregularities. Afenifere, in a statement by its Lagos State leader and chairman, Chief Supo Shonibare, and Otunba Tunde Onakoya, said…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH )-The police in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of Peter Nweke, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state, during Saturday’s election. Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the state police public relations officer, said this when he spoke with journalists on Sunday in Abakaliki, the state capital….
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the results of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held on Saturday in Rivers, Lagos and Imo states over widespread irregularities. The group in a statement issued on Sunday lamented how the ruling parties in…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The sacrifice was placed at the polling unit to allegedly scare voters from participating in the state governorship and state assembly polls. A video has captured the moment a mentally challenged man was feasting on a ritual sacrifice placed overnight at a polling unit. The sacrifice was placed at the polling unit…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The voting materials that were thrown inside the drainage in Ajeromi Ifelodun area of Lagos State have been retrieved and are now being sun dried. The incident which was reported by Channels TV on Saturday afternoon has been generating mixed reactions from Lagosians. According to the video which was posted on twitter,…
