LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight students of Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State have reportedly died in an auto crash on their way to Taraba State from Port Harcourt. According to reports, the students were travelling home from school on account of the forthcoming general election. An eyewitness, Matthew Mbam, said the incident happened on Saturday, February […]
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LAGOS AGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) will hold in Lagos on Thursday, October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja. The theme for the conference is “2023 Elections: Managing the Process for Credible Outcome” and it will feature prominent stakeholders in the polity, civil society organisations, security, judiciary and […]
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LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) have resumed discussions to find constructive ways of addressing all encumbrances to the participation of inmates in the electoral process. Both organisations had been meeting to determine the best way of giving prisoners the opportunity to exercise their franchise. A […]
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By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No sane man will insist on riding a dying horse because he knows that it is cruel to do so and that the horse cannot take him anywhere . No sane man will insist on having sex with a dying woman because he knows that it is […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight days before Libyans were meant to cast presidential votes, there is utter confusion over the fate of an election that has not yet been formally delayed but that has almost no chance of going ahead on time. The planned Dec. 24 vote, along with a parallel election for a new parliament, […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday in Lagos, has disclosed that election rigging has become a thing of the past with the use of technology. Speaking at an interactive session with online Publishers, Yakubu, who called for a stronger INEC/Media partnership to foster strong democratic Nigeria, said […]
Nov 26 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has threatened to declare a state of emergency in Anambra State if the incessant killings and rising insecurity in the state persists. This, it said, is to protect the sanctity of the scheduled November 6 governorship election in the state. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinea’s junta said on Monday its members are barred from standing in the next national or local elections, and that it will agree on the length of transition to elections with an 81-member Transitional National Council (TNC). Earlier this month the leader of the Sept. 5 coup, Mamady Doumbouya, shrugged off asset […]
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid a rambling, off-the-rails phone interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, former President Donald Trump finally admitted a critical fact: “We didn’t win.” It was the first time since the presidential election more than seven months ago that Trump has conceded to his successor, President Joe Biden. But he also ominously warned: “Let’s […]
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States says it is imposing visa restrictions on “those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda,“ including during the election in January and the campaign period. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement said the Ugandan government’s actions “represent a continued downward […]
