LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the light of the conflicting judgments and orders served on it from Courts of coordinate jurisdiction, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to stay action on the cases involving defection of the Governor and Deputy-Governor of Ebonyi State and sixteen members of the State House of Assembly from the Peoples Democratic…
By Barr. Festus Okoye Introduction LAGOS MMARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On the 25th day of February 2020 the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria assented to the Bill for an Act to repeal the Electoral Act No. 6 2010 and enact Electoral Act, 2022, to regulate the conduct of the Federal, State and Area Council…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the 2022 Ekiti State Governorship election. “On Wednesday 16th February 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9) for the Ekiti State Governorship election in our State and Local…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has completed successful training of Supervisory Registration Officers (SROs) on the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in preparation for Ekiti State Governorship Elections scheduled to hold on 18th June, 2022 . The Two-Day Training of the Registration Officers (ROs) which took place in 18 Local Government Areas of…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman Board of the Electoral Institute Prof Abdullahi Abdu Zuru has commended the important role Election Violence Mitigation and Advocacy Tool (EVMAT) played finding ways to mitigate, and possibly eradicate the incidences of violence in the Nigerian electoral process. Making the commendation in an opening address he delivered at the workshop on Review and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu revealed that the Commission has decided to adjust the dates of the 2023 General Election to ensure compliance with the provisions of the new law. Yakubu who made the revelation during a press briefing on the release of the timetable and schedule of…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has advised Nigerians to disregard the narrative trending on social media about revalidation of voters’ card that are registered that are registered in 2011. The narrative equally explained that voters who did not revalidate their voters’ card, the new INEC Card reader for 2023 election will not…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has countered a claim by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that Permanent Voters’ Cards have expired. Tinubu had made the claim while addressing women leaders of the APC who paid him a visit in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former governor of Lagos…