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
Anger and frustration have greeted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the general election earlier slated for February 16 and March 2, 2019. INEC chairman Mahmoud Yakubu earlier Saturday morning, told journalists that it has to postpone the polls due to some logistical challenges especially in Taraba state, among others. The election is now scheduled Read More
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that shoddy arrangement for this election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is a deliberate pre determined agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power even when it’s obvious to him that Nigerians want him out. Prince Secondus said that the postponement which Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there were over one million names in the voter register to be used for Saturday’s presidential election. It also said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) owed Nigerians a duty to ensure only those eligible were allowed to vote during the general elections. At a press conference held at the party’s campaign headquarters Read More
In a rather unexciting case of choosing between two septuagenarians, two Muslims, two Northerners and two people who have been on the scene for over 30 years and can be said to have passed their prime—we call such people spent forces—Nigerians will pick between President Muhammadu Buhari and his closest challenger, former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Saturday as president of Read More
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said fake security uniforms were imported into the country to cause confusion during the general elections. IGP Adamu said this Tuesday in Abuja during the public presentation of partnership among Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), HEDA Resource Centre, Police Service Commission, Independent Corrupt Practice and other related offences Commission (ICPC), National Human Read More
After much agitations by Nigerians, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of permanent voters cards (PVC) by three days. The collection of PVC was officially meant to end this Friday. However, the commission has announced extension of the PVC collection to Monday, February. Chairman of INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu, who disclosed this at the Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its position on Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress still remains. The body also said it had commenced the delivery of sensitive and non-sensitive materials for next week’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Public Enlightenment Festus Okoye stated this on Wednesday at Read More
It’s true the 2017 Anambra state governorship election has come and gone, but not without inherent lessons to be learnt by all concerned. Indeed, before the election, many had doubted that it would hold, let alone peacefully like it turned out. As the self-anointed ‘Light of the nation’, many non-indigenes of the state had even seen the election as Read More
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