LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has filed a court petition challenging last month’s disputed presidential election, the party said, kicking off what could be a long legal campaign lasting several months. There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none has succeeded. Obi…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has granted the Labour Party (LP) access to the election materials that were used for the February 25, 2023 presidential and the National Assembly elections. LEADERSHIP reports that the Labour Party officials were inspecting the election materials at the Commission’s headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. The LP…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the re-scheduled governorship and state assembly elections, there is apprehension in states where Labour Party, LP, recorded tremendous success at the presidential and National Assembly elections. The anxiety, which is based on the possibility of a repeat of LP’s feat at the polls, has thrown the major parties, the Peoples…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has again called on the “Obidient” family and all men and women of goodwill to remain calm, prayerful and alert to the events in the country. Speaking Friday through his Media Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, Obi urged Nigerians to ignore the…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heartbroken first-time voters in Nigeria are being urged not to give up after the candidate that many of them backed came third in the presidential race two weeks ago. This is because crucial state elections are being held soon – where governors and local assemblies will be chosen. It is the state…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some supporters of the Labour Party have raised alarm over a move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, alleging that it is a plot to wipe out evidence of possible manipulation of the February 25 presidential election. The…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a historic precedent, Labour Party has won six senatorial seats and 34 in the House of Representatives in the just concluded federal legislative elections, making it the third most popular party in the 10th National Assembly. This was revealed at a meeting the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party said it had engaged the services of at least 20 senior advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on behalf of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. According to sources within the party, the lawyers drawn from different chambers were being furnished with materials…