Minister of Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Usani has replaced Senator Owah-Enoh as the govership flag-bearer of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state, the Independent National Electoral Commission has announced. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Frankland Briyai, who dropped the hint on Friday at INEC’s head office in Calabar, said the commission’s decision was in pursuant to Read More
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu has reiterated that underaged voting remains an illegality in the country urging members of the public to report any suspected incidence to officials of the commission or any of the security agencies. Yakubu who was speaking at the media and observer briefing on Friday in Abuja warned that any Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has relaxed its earlier stand that All Progressives Congress (APC) won’t filed candidates in Zamfara, a day after Appeals Court judgement overruled High Court . Details loading…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured international observers of adequate security ahead of Saturday, February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Buhari who gave the assurance during in a television and radio broadcast a while ago also urged Nigerians to reinvent the trust on Independent National Electoral Commission, come out en masse and vote. He said, “According to the daily INEC Read More
Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has said the international community cannot dictate to the federal government on how to run the country. He said this against the backdrop of some level of ‘interference’ by some foreign nations ahead Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Onyeama issued the warning during a parley with the diplomatic community on the rescheduled polls in Read More
Out of 84,004,084 registered voters, the total number of permanent voter cards (PVCs) collected stands at 72,775,502, representing 86.63% of the total PVCs collected, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The commission also said a total of 11,228,582 PVCs representing 13.37% were uncollected. It said: “Out of the number of uncollected PVCs, 7,817,905 PVCs were carried over from the Read More
A total of 72,775,502 million Nigerians have collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and are eligible to vote at the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed. Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, said 72.7 million Nigerians who have collected their PVCs represent 86.3 percent of the Read More
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has insisted that the military should not be on election duties. CDD Director, Ndayat Hassan, who stated this while briefing Newsmen at the election analysis centre on Thursday in Abuja, stated that apart from trouble spots in the Northeast, the military has no business being on duty during the period of voting. Ndayat noted Read More
The federal government has just declared Friday as work free day ahead of the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections onSaturday, February 23, 2019 Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the announcement on Wednesday via his Twitter handle. According to him, the government made the declaration in preparation for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Mr Dambazau, however, said bankers Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally concluded that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, will not present candidates in the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclose this when he Journalists in Abuja on Wednesday on preparations ahead of the Saturday, February 23 elections. According to him, the commission would obey the pronouncement of the Read More
There is a groundswell of resentment and anger in the land, justifiably so and much of it against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its head, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who has been working his heart out, and tirelessly at that, even before the postponement of last week’s election. He is the latest victim of distrust and suspicious between the Read More
Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said 98 percent of the 180,000 Smart Card Readers (SCRs) to be deployed for elections had been configured to activate at 8.00am and shutdown at 10 pm Saturday. Yakubu, who said the SCRs would take five to six days to reconfigure after the postponement of the polls, also stated that the Read More
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to retract his order to security agencies directing them to deal decisively with ballot snatchers during the forthcoming general elections. At the caucus meeting of the All progressives Congress in Abuja Monday, President Buhari said those planning mayhem or ballot snatching during the polls would pay with their lives. Executive Director Read More
Scores of protesters under the aegis of Ondo mandate group on Tuesday stormed the national secretariat of the ruling All progressive congress (APC), accusing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of working against the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. Spokesperson of the group, Olugbenga Bojuwomi particularly accused Akeredolu of canvassing for votes for the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party Read More
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar Adamu said on Tuesday that police authorities would not tolerate any act of violence capable of disrupting the forthcoming elections, especially snatching of ballot boxes. The IGP’s warning is coming barely 24 hours after the president said at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national caucus emergency meeting in Abuja that snatching of ballot Read More
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former vice president Atiku Abubakar, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of training some operatives to compromise the card reader ahead of Saturday, 23 February, 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Atiku, also known as Waziri Adamawa made this allegation at the ongoing PDP 84th Emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) Read More
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of plotting to manipulate the February 23, 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections. PDP National chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, stated this at the ongoing 84th Emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s headquarters, located at Waddata Plaza Wuse 5, Abuja. Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had a close-door meeting Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, Kashim Shettima of Borno state and Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa state over mass killings of people in some part of their states. The meeting, which was held at the president’s office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, also had Minister of Defence Mohammed Mansur Dan-Ali, Read More
Those with the intent of rigging under whatever guise during the general elections should either have a change of heart or face the consequence. President Muhammadu Buhari has said any person or group of persons found wanting during the polls would be dealt with decisively by security agents, saying he was not afraid to lose the poll. Similarly, the president Read More
Troops of Operation Safe Conduct deployed to provide security and conducive atmosphere for the conduct of Presidential and National Assembly election on Saturday intercepted three hoodlums on motorcycle in Badagry, Lagos state. The election was postponed midnight Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) citing logistic problems. A statement by Army spokesperson, Col. Sagir Musa, said the hoodlums were Read More
Residents of Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, said Nigeria should have grown beyond shifting of elections after experiencing 20 years of uninterrupted democracy. They however called on INEC not to reschedule the 2019 elections again. Reacting to the rescheduled elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Leader in Damaturu, Yusuf Goni (Kaka) said: “the rescheduling of the elections may be a Read More
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmoud Yakubu has insisted that further campaigns and collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) won’t be allowed. While fielding questions from Stakeholders at the just concluded interaction in Abuja following postponement of 2019 general elections, Yakubu who gave several clarifications said the commission withdrew already distributed electoral materials in a bid Read More
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has just assured that nothing would necessitate another postponement of 2019 general elections. Yakubu who gave the assurance while briefing various Stakeholders at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome issues of shifting elections in the future. In the past – 2011 and 2015 Read More
Hours after presidential and National Assembly elections was moved, unknown gunmen have killed the Special Assistant on youth development, Mr. Ngozi Lawrence Ijei to the Governor Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa in Ekpan in Uvwie local government area of the state as a result a political crisis that has been rocking the area. The Okowa aid was shot death Friday night Read More
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