LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued certificates of return to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu. The National Commissioner, INEC in charge of Edo, Rivers, and Bayelsa, Mrs May Agbmuche-Mbu made the presentation on Tuesday at the INEC office in Aduwawa, Benin City, the Edo State…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has scored the highest number of votes in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election and has been declared the winner. The result of the election, held in all Edo’s 18 local governments, was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As of 1.00 am on Sunday, there are 860 results from the Edo State election held on Saturday, September 19, 2020 that are yet to be submitted. This is according to official results posted on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) result portal. So far, a total of 1,767 result sheets have…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) has distanced itself from the petition that led to the nullification of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State by the election tribunal. Besides, the party had vowed to contest the Judgment of the tribunal at the Court of Appeal as an interested party….
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has warned that the fierce political tension brewing in Edo ahead of the September 19 governorship poll may lead to a declaration of a state of emergency in the state, if not carefully managed. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye,…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made a stunning revelation about the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) which made the Bayelsa Election Tribunal annul last year’s election. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said the party’s nomination for the election was invalid. He also said…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the election that produced candidate of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP), Senator Duoye Diri as Governor. The three-member panel held the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, King George from the November 16, 2019 governorship election….
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend the Edo and Ondo governorship election process if the actions of political actors led to a breakdown of law and order. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, announced this on Thursday in Abuja after a…