LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The traditional ruler of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, Saheed Ademola (Kusenla III), has declared a three-day Oro rite on non-indigenes and women from midnight to 5:30 a.m., including on Saturday’s governorship and state assembly election day. In a memo issued to the residents of Ikate-Elegushi, the monarch announced that there would be a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their polling stations as counting got under way late Saturday amid fears of vote tampering after a day of delays in Africa’s most populous nation. Election officials blamed the delays on logistical issues, though other observers pointed to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has applauded a large number of voters for coming out en masse to vote in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. Okojo-Iweala made the revelation at her polling unit in Umuda Isingwu village, Umuahia, Abia state. The WTO DG, however,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Craving change, Nigerians streamed out to vote Saturday in what many hope would be fairer election for a new leader who would deliver the country from widespread insecurity and economic malaise. From poor neighbourhoods of the economic capital Lagos to the dusty streets of second city Kano in the northwest, Nigerian voters…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video currently circulating online has captured the moment supporters of the labor party presidential aspirant, Peter Gregory Obi were allegedly seen at 2 am sleeping at their Polling Unit The day of the election has finally arrived when Nigerians will be given the opportunity whosoever to exercise their franchise by voting…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the former Sierra Leone President, Mr Mike Koroma today 23 February 2023 led Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Election Monitoring Team to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja. Elated over the warm reception accorded to him and other members of the ECOWAS Election team,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians head to the polls on Saturday, 87.2 million voters have been cleared to participate in the crucial exercise. Data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday show that 93.5 million Nigerians were registered to participate in the presidential and national assembly election as well as the governorship…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo state Resident Electoral Commissioner ( REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr Adeniran Rahmon Tella, has confirmed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the cash needed to offset the payment of ad-hoc staff. He made this known at a press conference with journalists in the…
