LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked media report of recognition of Senators Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio as Senatorial candidates of their different parties in 2023 general election. The Commission in a press statement signed by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq. sighted by NewsRangers confirmed…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-True to its threat, the Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to comply with the constitutional provision that requires the commission to continue voter registration until at least 90 days to the general elections. In Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/1342/2022 filed on its behalf…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 15 political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, under the aegis of Coalition for Good Governance, on Friday declared support for the presidential ambition of the candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. The organisation said only Obi out of the candidates contesting for the 2023 Presidency can stop Nigeria…
By Dominic James LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has described election preparations, deployment and implementation as the most extensive mobilization that could happen in a country in either peacetime or wartime. Dwelling specifically on Nigeria, Prof. Yakubu averred that preparations for the 2023 General Election would…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says over seven million Nigerians failed to complete their online voter pre-registration at physical centres. The continuous voter registration exercise (CVR), which began in June 2021, ended on Sunday, July 31, 2022. INEC had launched a portal where Nigerians could register by filing in their biodata…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has added more than 10 million new voters to its election register, most of them youths, ahead of a presidential vote next February, the electoral agency said on Monday. Voters in Nigeria will pick a new president to succeed Muhammadu Buhari, who cannot run after serving the two terms allowed by…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) have resumed discussions to find constructive ways of addressing all encumbrances to the participation of inmates in the electoral process. Both organisations had been meeting to determine the best way of giving prisoners the opportunity to exercise their franchise. A…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the winner of Osun State governorship election Ademola Adeleke. The deputy governor-elect, Prince Kola Adewusi also received his at the ceremony. In his acceptance speech at the Osun INEC head office in Osogbo, Adeleke dedicated his victory to…