LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Tuesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. HURIWA predicated its call on what it termed “overwhelming evidence of monetary inducements and the failure of officials to stop same.” In a statement to the…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been announced winner of the 2018 governorship election in Ekiti state. He was victorious in 12 out of the 16 local government areas of the state, polling 197,459 votes, and edging out his closest rival, Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission has shut the Ekiti State Broadcasting Corporation because Governor Ayodele Fayose went on air to declare the PDP candidate as the winner of the governorship election that was held in the state on Saturday. The INEC was still collating results of the election, awaiting electronic computation from the…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says at the end of voting in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti, the exercise recorded 90 per cent success. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Abdulganih Olayinka, disclosed this to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti while assessing the electoral process. He said that reports from the…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty-four candidates from various political parties will on Saturday (today) contest for the Ekiti State governorship election. There had been tension and apprehension during the electioneering, especially with the deployment of more than 30,000 security men by the police and other security agencies in the state for the poll. According to records…
LAGOS JUNE 24H (NEWRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said that there will be no use of the electronic voting system in the 2019 general elections. Professor Yakubu said this on Friday while addressing participants at the International Press Institute world conference which took place in Abuja. “There is…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With less than one year to the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has taken delivery of 123,848 permanent voters cards in Plateau State. According to INEC, reports from its field officers have revealed a smooth exercise in all the 17 Local Government Area in Plateau State. The Head…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye has reacted to the failed attempt to recall him from the Senate saying he will continue to stand by the truth. In a couple of tweet on Sunday, April 29, the embattled senator representing Kogi west appreciated the effort of his people to keep him in the senate. He…