LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electoratewho were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor the first-timer youth whowere disappointed by the Nigerian state nor the candidates who lost or won as declared by the Independent National…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six aggrieved Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman, all INEC national commissioners; 177,606 polling officers, and Usman Alkali, Inspector General of Police, over the conduct of the just concluded controversial general election. The suit, which was received by Abuja Federal High Court on March…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After an intense political subterfuge and disputation that followed the declaration of the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, all is now set for the anticipated legal fireworks between the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the candidates of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to punish its officials, including ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been found wanting in the conduct of the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at a meeting with Resident Electoral…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its commitment to the transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in real-time for the 2023 elections. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurances on Wednesday during the Commission’s quarterly meeting with political parties for the year 2022 in Abuja. “On…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as worrisome reports of clashes among parties and their supporters in some States of the country during the ongoing electioneering campaign. While cautioning parties and their supporters to focus on issues and steer clear of attacks on each other, the Commission reminded them…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would pay special attention to the observance of limits on parties and candidates’ finances in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this Thursday at the 2022 Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) 6th Annual Conference in Lagos….