LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has raised the alarm that some politicians have been buying up Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers. The Acting Chairman of INEC and National Commissioner overseeing the FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau states, Mohammed Haruna, raised the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of permanent voter’s cards (PVCs) have been found inside a soakaway in the Oko Afo area of Lagos State. In a video circulating on social media, residents of the area were seen around the soakaway while a man was parking out the PVCs. The voter’s cards have been handed over to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has applauded the judiciary for Tuesday’s ruling mandating the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the continuous voters registration exercise and allow it to run until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. The group in a statement released after the judgement of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) until 90 days to the 2023 general election. Justice Ekwo in addition ordered INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived of the opportunity to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians prepare for 2023 general election, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has vowed to bring to justice political actors who are found of encouraging violence. Alkali Baba who made the vow while addressing political stakeholders at a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders in preparation for the…
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file a proof…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to attack and burning of its offices in Ogun and Osun States. INEC in a statement stated that the Commission received two disturbing reports of attacks on their Local Government offices in Ogun and Osun States. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that only two weeks ago, one political party served about 70 Court processes on the Commission in one day seeking to compel it to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline provided in the Timetable and…