LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-However, the fears of the security agents became justified as the election extended into the night and was disrupted by the hoodlums who stormed the venue in their numbers. Chief Brodrick Bozimo was leading when the youths interrupted the process, forcing everyone to hurriedly disperse. The National Convention of the Ijaw National…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation, Coalition Against Corrupt Christians (CACA) on Monday expressed fears over the forthcoming presidential election of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) which, it said, could be marred by vote-buying. The organisation alleged that its findings have revealed that the President of CAN, Rev. Samson Supo Ayokunle, have been…
LAGOS AMY 2ND(EWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, along with election observers to monitor the South African national and provincial elections. This comes a year after Jonathan led observers to monitor elections in Sierra-Leone. A post on his Facebook page read, “I arrived in Johannesburg early this morning to lead the…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A poll conducted by ABC suggests the majority of Americans are unwilling to support President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, with healthcare and immigration policy cited as major deciding factors. Released Monday, the poll found 55 per cent of those polled refuse to vote for Mr Trump in 2020, with 40…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Mr Kolawole Taiwo, winner of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency election. INEC conducted the supplementary election in 71 polling units across eight wards of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State for the House of Representatives seat. The commission had declared the Feb….
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to Guinea Bissau to support the country’s election process. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the approval was in response to an urgent request for…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the February 23 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried what he called “persistent lack of preparedness” on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He spoke shortly after he could not, at 9:00 a.m., vote at his Umumasiaku Polling Unit,…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of civil society organisations and election observers have reacted angrily to the ongoing militarisation of some states in the Niger Delta region, ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. Rejecting the military siege on the Niger Delta region, the group said the military has no constitutional power to superintendent…
