LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two subpoenaed witnesses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, admitted at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to transmit the results of the election after the collation. In their joint petition before the PEPC, Atiku and PDP acussed…
LAGOS AMRCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Imo State have rescued 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff who were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday in Imo State. The development was confirmed by INEC authorities in the state. According to officials, the 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff were on their way to seven different polling units in Ugbelie…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, received knocks and praises over its decision to postpone the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections to March 18. The electoral umpire, late Wednesday night, postponed the state balloting due to its inability to commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS,…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some supporters of the Labour Party have raised alarm over a move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, alleging that it is a plot to wipe out evidence of possible manipulation of the February 25 presidential election. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the voiding of election results where the BVAS and Servers were manipulated or rendered inactive. In a statement Monday evening, Obasanjo said results that were brought outside BVAS and Server were not true reflection of the will of Nigerians who had made their individual choice….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man simply identified as Akayama has been gunned down at Anyigba, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victim was killed by thugs who invaded the town to cart away electoral materials. The incident happened at about 11am on Saturday. The thugs took over the town, shooting sporadically…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday received the last batch of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation machines. This was contained in a statement signed by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Wednesday. According to the statement, the commission created four airport hubs in Abuja, Kano,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has disclaimed reports that he is opposed to the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Results Viewing Portal IReV for next year’s general election. At a news conference on Thursday in…