LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the observers in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Intercontinental Leadership Initiative, has queried the integrity of the election. Country Head of the organisation, Mr Stafford Bisong, who spoke in Benin on Monday. said that his group h had its officials across the 18 Local Government Area of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike arrived Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, triumphantly into the embrace of excited crowd of enthusiastic Rivers people. In his address, he commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police over their conduct during the Edo Governorship Election. Wike, who is the Chairman of the Peoples…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the results of the governorship poll held on Saturday in which Governor Godwin Obaseki was declared winner. Obaseki had polled 307,955 votes to defeat Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC who scored 223,619 votes. Reacting to Obaseki’s victory, the APC…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as governor of Edo State. He congratulated him on Sunday in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, urging him to continue to show grace and humility in victory. The President also commended…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has scored the highest number of votes in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election and has been declared the winner. The result of the election, held in all Edo’s 18 local governments, was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is cruising ahead of his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, as results from local councils were declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the collated results of the governorship election announced in four LGAs early Sunday, Obaseki…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Edo state gears up to vote for a new governor in a few days, Nigerians have taken to the social media to discuss the just concluded gubernatorial debate held on Sunday. The gubernatorial debate was between the two major contenders, Governor Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Strong disagreements over approaches to governance and records took centre stage during the governorship debate between the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday. Viewers who tuned in for the two-hour debate between Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC and Governor Godwin Obaseki of the PDP…