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…
LAGOS JULY 20 *NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has faulted a musician, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, nephew to the Osun State Governor-Elect, Senator, Ademola Adeleke, over the timeframe for the issuance of a Certificate of Return of Saturday’s governorship election in the state which Adeleke won. Senator Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued deadline for the suspension of voters’ registration exercise. The Commission equally extended the time of the registration which include Saturday and Sunday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq. who made the pronouncement in a statement sighted by…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With few days the Osun State governorship election, Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has appealed to all parties, candidates and other actors in the coming election to play their part in supporting the Peace Accord. The INEC Boss who made the appeal at the signing of the…
