Category: Nigeria

Nothing best explains the anticlimax that occurred on election morning at exactly 2:45 a.m. than a deflated balloon. Like a pin punched to a balloon, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, broke the heart of millions across the world with the following words: “Following a careful review of the implementation […]

warns ballot box snatchers will face grave consequence The Acting Inspector General of Police ( IGP ), Mohammed Adamu on Tuesday warned politicians and other Nigerians that the police are fully prepared to deal with anybody planning to snatch ballot boxes or make trouble during the forthcoming elections. He gave the warning while briefing State […]

The APC Presidential Campaign Council has said that only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can say whether the rescheduled Presidential election will go ahead as scheduled, saying the APC is ready for the election. Director of Contact and Mobilization, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Hadiza Bala Usman who spoke after inspecting the election situation room […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is holding a security meeting with state governors and security chiefs. According to the presidency, Buhari is meeting with the governors of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and Yobe State governor, Ibrahim Gaidam. Members of the President’s cabinet at the meeting include the Secretary to the Government of the […]

A sense of outrage has greeted the order given by President Muhammadu Buhari to security agents to deal ruthlessly with alleged ballot boxes snatchers in the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections, billed to hold this Saturday. In its reaction, the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accused the President of ordering the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military and law enforcement agencies to deal “ruthlessly” with anyone caught trying to disrupt the rescheduled February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. According to Punch, the President, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, warned that anyone trying to snatch ballot boxes would […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to security agencies to be ruthless to anyone who try to snatch ballot boxes in the forthcoming elections. The party expressed the concern in statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Monday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan discribed the directive as […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has permitted the resumption of campaign activities by political parties. In a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, the electoral body said it approved that campaigns can resume. “In the meanwhile, after consultation with the political parties, the Commission has approved that […]

Lagos lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN, has criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for postponing the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for yesterday. In a statement on Sunday, he said the reasons given by the body were not known to law. According to him: “Any postponement of elections on account of logistical or […]

Policemen walk past electoral materials being offloaded at the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano, Nigeria on February 14, 2019. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP • Airlines, Agencies Lose N1.8b: Local Operators Ground Operations• Disruption In Business Cost $1.5billion Loss – LCCI When the obviously ruffled Professor Mahmood Yakubu faced the media […]