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Election postponement: Lawyers express mixed reactions

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Some lawyers in Lagos have expressed mixed reactions to Saturday’s postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. In separate…

Election postponement has affected businesses – Abakaliki residents

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The residents of Abakaliki metropolis in Ebonyi State said the rescheduling of Feb. 16 election by the Independent National Electoral…

CDHR urges Nigerians to go out and vote on Feb. 23

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Lagos State Chapter, has urged Nigerians not to lose hope in…

Catholic Archbishop of Lagos urges electorate to be vigilant

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has urged Nigerians to remain alert and ensure they fulfill their…

Election postponement: UK urges Nigerians to be patient

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The UK Government has urged Nigerians to be patient and support the democratic process following the postponement of the general…

Enugu REC assures of retrieval of all sensitive materials

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Dr Emeka Ononamadu, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State has said that…

Poll shift painful, but you must maintain your commitment, Tinubu tells Nigerians

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to remain committed and not…

8,000 screened for mass wedding in Kano

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Kano State Hisbah Board has screened 8,000 prospective couples to participate in the state-sponsored mass wedding of divorcees, widows…

U.S. stands with international community on Nigeria’s polls — Embassy

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The U.S. fully supports the decision of the heads of ECOWAS and other international missions on the postponement of the…

2 persons allegedly killed, vehicles damaged in pre-election violence

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Some vehicles engaged in election duty were destroyed in a pre-election crisis that erupted in Obot-Akara Local Government Area of…

Sex abuse: Pope defrocks 88-year old Cardinal McCarrick

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

In a first for the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has defrocked a former cardinal over accusations American Theodore McCarrick…

Troops kill three key Boko Haram commanders in ambush

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Troops have eliminated three key commanders of Boko Haram on Saturday at Warawara general area of Borno, in an ambush…

Attack: Fulanis abandon community after death of 66 in Kaduna

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Fulani community in parts of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have abandoned the area after an attack on…

EU, AU, UN, other observation missions urge INEC to adhere to new dates

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Election Observation Missions of the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and others have called on the…

Ajimobi urges Nigerians to give INEC benefit of doubt

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has urged the country’s citizens to give the Independent National Electoral Commission,…

Election postponement: Lagos orders schools to resume Monday

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Following the postponement of the General elections, the Lagos State Government has asked all schools in the state to resume…

Suicide bombers kill 11 in Borno

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Eleven persons have died in an early morning suicide attack on Muslim worshippers in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Oyo residents express shock, disappointment over postponement of election

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Residents of Oyo State have expressed shock and disappointment over the postponement of Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the…

Oyo INEC boss warns against Presidential and N/A campaign

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Oyo State Resident Commissioner, REC, of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mutiu Agboke has warned all political parties in…

Election postponement: INEC Chairman should resign – NANS

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The National Association of Nigerian Student (NANS) has demanded that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof…

2019 polls: Postponement painful but in our best interest – Abubakar

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Gov. Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has said on Saturday that although the postponement of the polls was painful, it…

INEC totally to blame for election postponement – Group

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

A political group in Nigeria has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is totally to blame for the…

Yobe INEC reassures safety of all election materials

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yobe on Saturday reassured the safety of all the election materials distributed to…

Kwara: INEC returns sensitive materials to CBN

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara on Saturday returned sensitive materials to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),…

Pakistan will ‘pay a heavy price’ over attack – Iran

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Iran on Saturday warned neighbouring Pakistan it would “pay a heavy price’’ for allegedly harbouring militants, who killed 27 of…

Polls shift: We are shocked — Agbaje

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has expressed disappointment and shock…

Nigeria will lose more than N140bn over election postponement – Traders

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Mr Ken Ukaoha, President, National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTs) says the country will lose more than N140 billion due…

Abuja airport deserted in spite of elections’ postponement

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

In spite of postponement of Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) late Friday night,…

Elections postponement: Conspiracy against Buhari

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Nigerians in Europe have described the postponement of the 2019 general elections as “sad, insensitive and a conspiracy against the…

Defence Chief commends Army ‘election security situation room’

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olanisakin commended the Nigerian Army for responsively and proactively establishing the “Elections…

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