LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The vice-presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr Peter Obi, has described INEC’s processes for the presidential and national assembly elections as clumsy. Obi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday at his Amatutu Ward 2 voting centre at Agulu in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra that it took…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NESRANGERS)-The Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu says the security arrangements put in place for the presidential and National Assembly elections are laudable. The deputy senate president said this on Saturday in Enugu shortly after casting his vote in Mpu Ward III, Aninri Local Government Area of the state. Ekweremadu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission says the All Progressives Congress will not be allowed to participate in any elections except the Presidential poll in Rivers and Zamfara States. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu’s position comes despite a letter written to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some result sheets for the presidential and National Assembly elections meant for Imo State had been found missing by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The result sheets were subsequently discovered to be in Gombe and Ondo states. Similarly, some results sheets meant for Gombe State had been found in Imo State. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo has filed a suit at a Federal High Court, Lagos, asking it to declare the order restricting movement during elections illegal. This follows discontent with Inspector General of Police (IGP)’s order on restriction of human and vehicular movement nationwide during the polls. Joined in the suit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some of the sensitive election materials meant for the Saturday elections in Kebbi State were “mistakenly” taken to Kaduna State and those meant for Katsina were brought to Kebbi, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kebbi State, Ahmad Mahmud has said. The REC, during his interactions with journalists after inspecting the elections…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reacted to reports making the rounds of receiving $1m from the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Reports had it that Atiku offered Adamawa INEC REC the sum of $1m ahead of the presidential election. The former Vice President was also alleged to…