LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has nullified the election of Mr Emeka Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party as the governor of Imo State. The court in its ruling on Tuesday declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in Imo state….
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial supplementary election, Dino Melaye, has condemned results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Melaye described results announced by the electoral umpire as “Magic results.” In a series of tweets, the former Senator vowed to contest the results, stressing that “illegality…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has begun a fresh electoral reform which has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt the much-awaited electronic voting method for future polls. The lawmakers also compelled INEC to operate an electronic database into which all results in an election should be transmitted. A bill to amend the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been re-elected as the governor of the state. Governor Bello was returned elected on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having scored the highest number of votes in the keenly contested poll. The Returning Officer for…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi West senatorial rerun election inconclusive. According to the returning officer, Professor Olayinde Lawal, the margin between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Smart Adeyemi and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye is 20,570. He announced that Mr…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate, Mr David Lyon, as the winner of Bayelsa State governorship election held on November 16. Mr Lyon won six out of the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State where the governorship election took place, polling a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The electoral commission, INEC, has declared 30 of its staff missing. The ad-hoc staff took part in Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election. They were posted to Olamaboro Local Government Area (LGA) by the commission. They were declared missing around 1 a.m. on Sunday during the final collation of results in the local…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson who voted at Owewari, Polling Unit 005, Toru Orua in Sagbama local government area, called on the Indepedent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the election in some parts of the state, where the exercise was characterized by alleged brigandage, hijacking of…
