LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The NEO AFRICANA CENTRE, a public policy think tank, has expressed concern over the right of Nigerian students to vote in the forthcoming general elections. The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled to hold on February 25, 2023, a date in which tertiary institutions in Nigeria will still be in session….
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump suggested Friday he might take drastic action if he loses to Democrat Joe Biden. He might even leave the country, he said. “Running against the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics puts pressure on me,” Trump told supporters at an airport campaign rally in Macon, Georgia. “Could…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed a motion to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to surrender all the materials that were used for the February 23 presidential election, for inspection. The motion ex-parte was lodged before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said it would petition the United Nations and other global democratic institutions on the role of the military and the killings of Nigerians during the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 23. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who briefed the media after…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the presidential and parliamentary election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. PDP had Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate. The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, in a press briefing currently ongoing said the results being announced by INEC are…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The electoral officials have declared opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi as the winner of DR Congo’s Presidential election. The announcement which was made overnight, sparked accusations of an “electoral coup” from runner-up Martin Fayulu. Similarly, the Catholic Church said that the result did not match data collected by its election monitors. The ruling…