LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has criticised the Saturday election in Edo State, describing it as a “blatant example of ‘state capture’” that undermines Nigeria’s democratic process. In a statement released on Monday via X following the weekend’s events, Obi expressed concern over the integrity of the electoral…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS) — A court ruling that it is not mandatory for Nigeria’s electoral commission to transmit voting results electronically has thrown into doubt the future use of technology in Nigeria’s elections. The ruling by the presidential elections petition court on Wednesday suggests the hope that innovation would foster transparency and justice in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has revealed how fraudulent people attempted to hack into the INEC Results Viewing iRev Portal the commission’s portal during the last Ekiti and Osun elections with a view to changing the polling units-level results but that they failed. Speaking at a…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facts on Thursday emerged about how the All Progressives Congress rallied its senators to reject moves to adopt electronic transmission of election results in 2023. The PUNCH gathered that since last month, the APC had been reaching out to its lawmakers through zonal caucuses and insisting that their position on the controversial…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi West Senatorial District rerun election, Dino Melaye, has condemned the results, calling it ‘fictitious’. Mr. Melaye who spoke to journalists in Abuja, alleged that the November 16 election was marred by compromise, extreme violence, and rigging. “The innovation is that what we…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has announced the release of the results of the 2018 rescheduled UTME examination. JAMB’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the announcement Tuesday in an interview with the NAN in Abuja. The mop up examination which was conducted last Saturday, May 26, 2018 included…