One of the stories making the rounds on the postponement of the February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections is that there was a mix-up of materials sent to some states by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In the case of Osun State for instance, cartons of what were meant to be election materials…
Why Election May Not Have Held in Osun, Ekiti, Ondo
The people of Osun state woke up this morning to the news that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had postponed the presidential and National Assembly elections by one week. At a daybreak briefing, Prof Mahmud Yakubu said the postponement became inevitable due to logistics, operational and security challenges. Consequently, for the commission, ” going…
Election: Disappointment, Anger In Kano Over Postponement
Most residents of Kano woke up to the news that the Presidential election billed to hold today had been postponed till next Saturday, February 23. Like other parts of the country, the city had literally close for the election. Most residents must have been asleep around 2am, when Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, announced…
Rivers APC Protest Exclusion, Insist on Participation in Saturday Elections
BSome members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State on Thursday, marched to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Port Harcourt, demanding that their candidates be relisted on the ballot papers. They caused a holdup along the arterial Aba Road where INEC office is located and demanded that INEC…
Don’t Be Distracted By Threats, Friends of Atiku In UK Tell International Community
The threat by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad el’Rufai that foreign observers who meddle in Nigeria’s elections would return home in body bags, and the strongly-worded statement by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in which he accused the United States of America…
Why Clinton Canceled Visit To Nigeria
Reasons have emerged as to why Bill Clinton, a former president of the United States of America cancelled his proposed visit to Nigeria. Clinton was billed to deliver a goodwill message during the signing ceremony of the National Peace Accord in Abuja between February 12 and 13, ahead the 2019 general elections. A statement from…
Foreigners at Kano APC Rally: Why PDP is Agitated
Political watchers believe that the alarm raised by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party over the presence of governors and citizens of neighbouring Niger Republic at the Kano presidential rally of the ruling All Progressives Congress recently is a case of being once beaten, twice shy With a few days to the crucial February 16 presidential…
Lagos-Abeokuta Rail To be Inaugurated This Week
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will this week, inaugurate the newly constructed standard gauge Lagos-Abeokuta rail line. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this on Sunday while inspecting the project. The rail line, according to the minister, which is part of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project has been nearly completed and due for flag off this week.…
Peter Obi Recommends Jail Term for Public Officers Who Compromise Privatisation Exercise
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi, says if he has his way, any public officer who influences a privatisation exercise, should go to jail without option of fine. Obi was responding to a question on solving the country’s power challenge at a widely-attended interactive session Thursday in Benin City, Edo…
Osun Sets Up Committee to Revive OSBC
In a press release signed by Adelani Baderinwa, the supervisor, Ministry of Information and Strategy, the names of the members of the committee, were released alongside the objectives and terms of reference of the revitalization committee. “The objective of the committee is to find out the challenges militating against the smooth and required professional operation…
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