LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has raised concerns over the appointment of two persons of Yoruba ethnicity to head two key departments of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Atiku disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesperson, Phrank…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anglican Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Bishop Geoffrey Ibeabuchi, has asked political leaders from the South East region to stop attacking the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Bishop Ibeabuchi, who was speaking on Saturday during the Diocesan Men’s Conference in Ude Ofeme, Umuahia, warned that attacks on Obi…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that winners of the 2027 general elections will be determined by the votes of the electorate. This is as it tasked members of the Guild of Online Publishers (GOCOP) and the media in general to support the efforts to deepen democracy through a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police authorities have revealed how they will secure the 176,846 polling units where voting is scheduled for the 2027 general elections. The police said they would use a predictive and risk-analysis strategy to identify where trouble could erupt, which would guide their deployment of personnel. Dr Abayomi Shogunle, Commissioner of Police,…
By Fred Chukwuelobe, fnipr LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I watched the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), Peter Obi, sit down with Arise Television anchor, Ojy Okpe, to take questions on the 2027 presidential election. My first reaction was to commend Okpe for her tough questions, especially for getting Obi to commit himself…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced an examination of its records to determine how names allegedly unknown to the Nigeria Democratic Congress appeared on the party’s list of candidates for the 2027 general elections. The move followed allegations by the NDC that names of candidates it neither nominated nor authorised were…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to boycott any presidential debate that does not include President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Naija News reports that Atiku’s position was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by his campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo. Atiku frowned…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Chairman of Accord, Dele Oladeji, has dismissed claims that the party has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 presidential election. Naija News reports that Oladeji, who also serves as Secretary of the Forum of Accord Party Chairmen in Southern Nigeria, described the claim as…
