LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has charged the newly sworn in six National Electoral Commissioners on the rules, procedures and responsibilities of their office. Mahmood who gave the charge at a meeting to welcome the new electoral commissioners and to swear-in a Resident Commissioner held at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu to brief the House on the cost of conducting direct primaries in the country. The motion to invite the INEC boss was raised by Representative Leke Abejide who informed the House that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independence Electoral Of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has revealed that most of the glitches experienced on Anambra State Governorship election day have little to do with the machines but more with the operators of the system. Yakubu who made the disclosure during an interactive meeting with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and his entourage comprising National Commissioners, members of the Technical Team, Directors and other Directing Staff, have just arrived at Enugu Airport en route Akwa. Bishop Hassan Kukah, one of the conveners of the National Peace Committee was on the same flight. Prof…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The senate has confirmed Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed Yakubu in October. The academic is the first to be reappointed as the head of the electoral body in the country’s history. The upper legislative chamber confirmed Yakubu’s nomination after Ibrahim Gaya,…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has expressed fear that the Independent National Electoral Commission may not deliver free and fair elections in 2019. It noted that “the bug of nepotism and sectionalism that this administration is renowned for has also eaten up the leadership of the commission.” The forum demanded…