Category: Nigeria

Despite the widespread shock and disappointment caused by the 11th hour postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections last Saturday, voters are now rearing to go for the rescheduled polls. The police have allayed fears about violence before, during and after the elections with Kano State Police Commissioner Wakili Mohammed assuring residents of adequate […]

The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari will emerge victorious in Saturday’s rescheduled presidential poll. The Council however said if the result of the election is not in favour of the President, he would gladly congratulate anybody who emerges winner in a free, fair and credible election. Deputy Director […]

I am going to Abuja to work for our people – Mimiko Buhari has performed wonderfully – Oyedele Atiku would rebuild Nigeria – Fadaka By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, in Ondo State on Thursday wrapped up their campaign activities for the Saturday […]

Despite the barrage of allegations and mudsling on the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), one of the newly registered political parties, African Action Congress (AAC) on Thursday said the party has a firm belief in the integrity and competence of the electoral body to conduct free, fair and credible elections. The […]

Army faults Atiku’s advice to disobey directive PDP warns Buratai, insists President’s action illegal It’s blank cheque for genocide, says group ‘Why order must never be obeyed’ Muslim group backs Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive issued to the military to deal ruthlessly with ballot box snatchers during the forthcoming elections, has sparked off fresh controversy, with […]

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.Gen Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday directed army commanders to ‘deal decisively’ with any electoral crime or action that could be inimical to National Security. He also asked them to avert any act that seeks to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process, defend the nation’s territorial integrity and assist the civil authority […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai not to drag the Military into politics. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan gave the advice in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan, who is also the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, urged […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday assured the electorate that the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections slated for Saturday would hold. It said only an ‘act of God’ could stop the conduct of the polls. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross-section of the diplomatic community […]

The National Peace Committee headed by former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to avoid panic measures and should not get distracted by the accusations by politicians ahead of Saturday’s elections. The committee made the call in a statement jointly signed by Abubakar and Bishop Mathew […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s threat to ballot papers snatchers should be “seen as a strong message against the long history of savagery associated with elections in the country.” “Snatching ballot boxes often entails putting the lives of innocent Nigerians at risk,” President Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement. […]