LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States which observed the voting in Osun State September 22 commended the people of Osun for voting peacefully, the Independent National Electoral Commission for the improved organisation of the election, and security services for their conduct. In a statement made…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police have arrested Mr. Salau Mutiu Kolawole, an electoral officer who allegedly collaborated with a senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to tear the result sheet of the disputed Ayeedade Local Government Area. While announcing the results of yesterday’s Osun State governorship election, INEC had said the All…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Senate and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Council on Osun State Governorship Election, Dr Bukola Saraki, has faulted the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the results of the election held on Saturday were inconclusive. Saraki, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, expressed dismay…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the declaration of Osun State guber election won by its candidate Ademola Adeleke saying the decision of INEC was clear robbery. PDP via its tweeter handle, said: #OsunDecides2018.. We reject in its entirety, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) @inecnigeria declaration of the September 22,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC because the number of votes cancelled is significantly higher than the margin between the two leading parties, PDP and APC. After the final results, Ademola Adeleke of the PDP polled 254, 698 votes, leading Gboyega Oyetola of the APC by just…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigation by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the representatives of at least one of the contestants were using the WhatsApp social media platform to woo Permanent Voter Card holders, who are residents of Osun State, to sell their votes. This was despite attempts by the Independent National Electoral Commission to curb vote-buying and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Not Too Young To Perform (NTYTP) Group, a formidable young people-driven leadership development initiative has rejected the none use of cellphones at polling stations or voting cubicles by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging the commission to devise better ways of curbing vote buying. The body also described the high…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was not banning the use of Smartphone around the polling unit areas, but the moment a prospective voter entered voting cubicle to cast his or her vote. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the declaration in an interview with the…