LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Taiwo Taiwo has withdrawn from the suit filed by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State in respect of his Certificate of Return as a Senator-elect. The embattled Governor had gone to court seeking an order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Candidate in the March 9 Governorship election in Rivers, has been declared winner of the March 9th governorship election polling a total of 886,264 votes to defeat the closest rival AAC which polled 173,859 votes. The victory has sparked jubilation in the state especially…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The much-awaited collation of results from the Rivers State governorship election is underway in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga, has declared the center open and results are beginning to trickle in. Meanwhile PDP seem to be leading in result declared by INEC Below are the…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has felicitated with Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Samuel Ortom of Benue State, both of whom won re-election during last Saturday’s supplementary governorship elections. “These victories, which I expected and which are…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to the rumour going round that he is at present in Kano and meddling in the Kano elections. “Asiwaju is not in Kano and has not been in Kano at any point during the conduct of these elections. The picture…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two election observer groups have called on the Federal Government to fully implement the recommendations of the Mohammed Uwais and Ken Nnamani led political reform committees to check electoral fraud. The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) made the call on Monday in Abuja in their preliminary report…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a comprehensive list of Senators-elect, following the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement from the electoral body on Monday, INEC announced that it would present certificates of return to those whose names are on the list on Thursday, March 14….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election on Saturday, Prof Innocent Ibeawuchi, has alleged that he was forced to declare Governor Rochas Okorocha the winner of the poll by the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate. According to the result, Okorocha polled 97,762 votes to win the election…
