The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declared yesterday that the commission was ready for the election. Addressing a press conference alongside the Inspector-General of Police IGP), Mr. Muhammed Adamu, in Abuja yesterday, he said that all arrangements had been made for the commencement of the elections. Speaking on the readiness of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived in Katsina en route to Daura, his hometown, to participate in the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. The presidential aircraft conveying the president, his wife, Aisha, and some of his aides landed at Umar Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, Katsina, about 3.25p.m. The president was received at […]
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Barely few hours to the rescheduled general elections, security agencies in Edo State, have apprehended one Mr. Edwin Edosomwan in Iyekogba axis of Oredo Local Government Area for being in possession of 2000 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs). The PVCs, it was learnt, was purchased from residents in Iyekogba, Oredo Ward 2, as the man, nabbed […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has assured it is more than ready for the rescheduled general election starting tomorrow. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said all arrangements have been put in place for commencement of the exercise. He also declared only those with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will be able to participate […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has distributed sensitive materials across the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue in readiness for Saturday’s poll. INEC Public Relations Officer (PRO), in the state Mr Terkaa Andyar disclosed this in a telephone interview with Newsmen on Friday in Makurdi. “The last batch of the sensitive […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians, local and foreign observers to have faith in the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct tomorrow’s rescheduled presidential and National Assembly polls without hitches. In a television and radio broadcast to the nation this morning, Buhari said he believed INEC had learnt from the mistakes of the past […]
Read More Against the backdrop of calls by some aggrieved partisans for his resignation, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said he would not resign but would rather focus on conducting the General Election. This was as the INEC boss said the collection rate Permanent Voter Cards PVCs ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has lifted ban on Political campaigns. Disclosing this in a statement, the National Commissioner with the INEC and Chairman, Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye said that the commission has lifted the ban till Thursday 21th February 2019. Recall that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) owed Nigerians detailed explanation for its decision to delay the general elections. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) emergency caucus meeting at the party secretariat, President Buhari said: ‘‘Definitely, the reasons such incompetence manifested have to be explained to the nation. […]
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The ECOWAS Head of Election Observer Mission, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Monday returned to her country following the postponement of the February 16 general elections. Mr Jonathan Bara-Hart of the Directorate of Communications, ECOWAS Commission, in a telephone interview, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf […]
Read More The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it is unfair to call for the resignation of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over election postponement. NANS’ National Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Bestman Okereafor, said this in a statement he issued in Enugu on Monday. Okereafor said: “Even though […]
Read More Following the opposition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) ban on electioneering during the one week extension of poll, the commission will meet today to review the restriction. INEC, according to its national chairman’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, would […]
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