LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain woke Friday to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives. Party leader Keir Starmer is now certain to become prime minister in the coming hours, replacing his Conservative Party counterpart, Rishi Sunak,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The police command in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, arrested a number of suspects who are believed to be involved in the manipulation of the Bimordial Voters Accreditation System (BVAS). According to reports, the police swooped on a residential building at No. 15, Ganges Street, Maitama, Abuja to raid the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives (APC) is pushing for the postponement of the 2023 general elections by a minimum of four weeks. Credible sources in the party informed DAILY INDEPENDENT that the move is being spearheaded by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. However, the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council has rejected the…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, February 18 for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made this known on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organised by the Senate Committee on INEC. He said, “By…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Deliberate attempt by INEC, Bayelsa state to disenfranchise about two hundred and fifty journalists from covering the Saturday general election in the state has been resisted by media practitioners in the state. As a result, practicing journalists in Bayelsa State are set to boycott the coverage and monitoring of Saturday’s Presidential and…