LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria, in a statement on Tuesday, has advised against interference in the ongoing legal processes challenging the outcome of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. On its website, the mission described the use of ethnically charged rhetoric before, during, and after the governorship election in Lagos, Kano…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Election Tribunal led by Chief Magistrate F. Oyekan has ordered the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for contempt of court. The tribunal order the arrest while ruling on the application moved by C.I. Okoye leading Simon…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) has distanced itself from the petition that led to the nullification of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State by the election tribunal. Besides, the party had vowed to contest the Judgment of the tribunal at the Court of Appeal as an interested party….
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has insisted the result from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election. In his submission to the presidential election tribunal, the former vice president gave the “unique MAC address and…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a rush to beat the 21 days deadline provided by the Electoral Act, lawyers to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday evening, stormed the tribunal to lodge a petition against President Muhammadu Buhari. The Independent National Electoral Commission had on February 27, declared…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday upheld the election of Kayode Fayemi as Governor of Ekiti State. The three-man panel of the Ekiti State Governorship Tribunal, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Prof. Olusola Kollapo Olubunmi. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola, has challenged the victory of Dr. Kayode Fayemi. He challenged the victory at the Ekiti election petition tribunal on Friday. Fayemi, a former governor of the state, and candidate of the All Progressives…