LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in Abuja, according to sources close to the meeting….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Deliberate attempt by INEC, Bayelsa state to disenfranchise about two hundred and fifty journalists from covering the Saturday general election in the state has been resisted by media practitioners in the state. As a result, practicing journalists in Bayelsa State are set to boycott the coverage and monitoring of Saturday’s Presidential and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The faceoff between the Zamfara state chapter of the APC and INEC appears to have taken a new turn as the state Governor, Abdul’Aziz Yari Abubakar, has threatened that there would be no elections in the State if the electoral body fails to field its candidates during the elections. Recall that INEC…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is no reprieve for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that it has not reversed its decision that the party has no candidates in the impending general election in the state. INEC’s declaration coincided with another decision Wednesday by the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) trainers in Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi have raised the alarm over malfunctioning card readers. The trainees emphasized that there will be total disenfranchisement if the card reader fails to verify the PVC of a voter. “The card readers are really bad,” said most of the interviewed…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND(NEWSRANGRS)-A mild drama ensued on Thursday at the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal after witnesses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) revealed how result sheets of the poll were altered by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s, Senator Ademola Adeleke. APC counsels led by…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, has said that the Commission would investigate possible violation of campaign finance laws by the Federal Government through its Trader0]Moni Scheme. He stated that the electoral agency has a mechanism for tracking campaign finance violations by the candidates and their parties, adding that…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is impossible for any candidate at this stage to withdraw from the presidential election. The election is coming up on February 16. The spokesperson of INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in reaction to the statement earlier on Thursday by the candidate of the…
