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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About five days to the Osun State governorship election, the National Rescue Movement (NRM) on Monday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 24 hours within which it should include the name of its candidate, Jumoke Lawoyin, whose name has been omitted from the list approved by the commission. Should INEC fail…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hinted yesterday that it might be compelled to suspend the 2019 general election following threats to violence by some politicians in the country. Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who stated this, was reacting to some disturbing videos of political campaigns in the social media…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Lai Olurode has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should have rejected the N45m approved by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as cost of presidential nomination form. He said the form is not only costly but has shut out other aspirants…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the 27 Local Government Chairmanship seats in Imo State. Ethelbert Ibebuchi, Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, disclosed this in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Sunday. Ibebuchi announced the results of the elections at the Commission’s headquarters in Owerri,…