LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians head to the polls on Saturday, 87.2 million voters have been cleared to participate in the crucial exercise. Data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday show that 93.5 million Nigerians were registered to participate in the presidential and national assembly election as well as the governorship…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission says the All Progressives Congress will not be allowed to participate in any elections except the Presidential poll in Rivers and Zamfara States. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu’s position comes despite a letter written to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in Abuja, according to sources close to the meeting….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Sunday lift ban on campaign for 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections slated for Feb. 16, 2019 A statement by Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, INEC Director Of Voter Education and Publicity, on Saturday in Abuja said that political parties who fielded candidates for both elections…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it has not released the timetable for State, National Assembly, Governorship and Presidential primaries, as it is being reported in a section of the media. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while…