LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday in Lagos, has disclosed that election rigging has become a thing of the past with the use of technology. Speaking at an interactive session with online Publishers, Yakubu, who called for a stronger INEC/Media partnership to foster strong democratic Nigeria, said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has released its timetable and schedule of activities for next year’s (2022) Governorship Elections in Ekiti and Osun States. According to the Party’s official notice signed by the National Secretary of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudodehe, sale of nomination forms…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the winner of the Anambra State 2021 gubernatorial election, foremost civil society election observation organisation in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has called for the improvement of election equipment especially the Biometric Voters Accreditation System (BVAS). The group, on Wednesday, also…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the Anambra Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, Prof Florence Obi, announced the result on Wednesday morning at…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election held in Anambra State on Saturday inconclusive. Returning officer for the poll Prof. Florence Obi said on Sunday night that a supplementary election would hold in 362 polling units in Ihiala Local Government Area on November 9. Citing the Constitution, Obi…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have protested the results released so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) in the Anambra governorship poll. Their agents in Onitsha South, Dunukofia, Ayamelum and Anambra East local government areas said the results didn’t reflect reality from the poll. The APC…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Supervisory Presiding Officer has reportedly “carted away” 41 results sheets in the ongoing Anambra Governorship election. The Returning Officer in Idemili South Local Government of Area of the state, Dr Gabriel Othong, made this known while presenting results at the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Awka on Sunday. He said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Technical problems hit a governorship election in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra on Saturday during a vote seen as a test of the electoral system less than 18 months before presidential polls. More than 30,000 police were dispatched to secure Anambra after a string of attacks in the southeast blamed on separatists…
