Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday night in Lagos denied the purported news of his resignation which was circulated on social media for the better part of Wednesday. The vice president’s media aide, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said his principal denied the rumour at a meeting with young Christian leaders in Lagos on Wednesday night. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday stated that only an ‘act of God’ can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for this Saturday. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross section of the diplomatic community and international election monitoring groups in
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Akwa Ibom state today flagged off its state-owned airline called Ibom Air. But it may not start commercial operation sooner. The ceremony, which attracted Senate President Bukola Saraki, was done with pomp. ICYMI: Election postponement: FG orders immediate payment of workers’ February salaries The airline, the first by any Nigerian state plans to have three
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The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, alleged that the federal government is planning to postpone elections in Borno, Adamawa and Kaduna states. Atiku further alleged that the move was aimed at rigging the poll in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku, in a statement by his Special Assistant
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger State says it has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to the 25 local government areas of the state. Samuel Egwu, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, disclosed this at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) branch office, Minna on Wednesday. ICYMI: Election postponement: FG orders
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed the immediate payment of February salaries to workers. This, it said, is to financially enable workers wishing to travel to vote in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly election to do so. The announcement was made by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, while briefing journalists at the end
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign following the Commission’s postponement of the 2019 general election at the 11th hour. The PDP described the shift as a grand plan to rig in favour of candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party faulted the decision of the electoral umpire in a statement on Saturday by the spokesperson for its Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo. Keyamo, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the postponement of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Abuja, INEC, Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the presidential election was shifted to February 23 while the governorship was rescheduled for March 9.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said that the postponement of elections in Nigeria by INEC, is a move by President Muhammadu Buhari to disenfranchise the Nigerian people. Atiku in a statement on Saturday, February 16, alleged that President Buhari instigated the move to postpone the elections by the
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