The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is plotting to suspend the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu and replace him with his “niece” Amina Zakari, who is a… Read More ›
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Abuja from Katsina, where he had gone to vote in Saturday’s elections, which was postponed at the last minute by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Borno State Commissioner, Damian Chukwu has confirmed the killing of eleven people Saturday morning in a Maiduguri mosque by suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists.
Former Kaduna State Governor, Balarabe Musa, on Saturday expressed disappointment over the postponement of the general elections, but declared that INEC was never prepared for the exercise in the first place.
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BUHARI ON THE POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL ELECTIONS BY INEC I am deeply disappointed that despite the long notice given and our preparations both locally and internationally, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed the Presidential and National… Read More ›
Delta State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Andrew Aniamaka has confrimed the assassination of Lawrence Ngozi Akpomiemie, an aide to Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on youth development.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decision to postpone the Presidential/National Assembly and Gubernatorial/House of Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23, 2019, and Saturday, March 9, 2019.
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the new dates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the general elections, saying the postponemnet “is part of a grand design by the… Read More ›
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, favoured by opinion polls to win the election, has asked Nigerians to remain peaceful in the face of the election postponement provocation.
Barely five hours before polls were due to open, Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced a shock postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for Saturday by one week.
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of 66 persons in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
Less than 24 hours to the presidential and national assembly elections, police have surrounded the Lokoja residence of Ibrahim Idris, former governor of Kogi state, where Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the state are meeting, TheCable can report.
