Tag: Election Postponement
Benin residents shocked by election postponement
Some residents of Benin, Edo, have expressed shock over the postponement of the general elections by one week by the…
Election postponement may lead to apathy – Residents
Some residents of Akwa Ibom have condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…
Election postponement: We are shocked, says Ohaneze Ndigbo, others
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo has described the postponement of the Feb. 16 presidential and National Assembly elections…
Elections: Atiku urges Nigerians to be patient
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged Nigerians to be patient over decision to…
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Ayoola Lawal: We’ll Not Accept Any Further Shift Of Polls
Ayoola Lawal is the Scandinavian Coordinator for the All Progressives Congress, APC. In this interview with Daniels Ekugo, he speaks…
Election postponement, a blessing in disguise, says David Mark
Senate President David Mark, says the postponement of the general election has provided millions of eligible voters an opportunity to…
Religion, new dimension for another election postponement, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted Nigerians to a fresh plot by desperate politicians to circulate leaflets, in mosques…
Any other election delay ‘unconstitutional’, says Jega
A further postponement of Nigeria’s general elections beyond the rescheduled polling day of March 28 would be “unconstitutional”, the country’s…
Poll Shift: Jega to face Senate on Wednesday
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will face the Senate on Wednesday over…
Elections were postponed to frustrate Buhari – NY Times
The New York Times, in another harsh editorial against the government of President Goddluck Jonathan of Nigeria, has stressed that…
I was not consulted before election postponement, says Jonathan
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday that he was “not consulted” on a widely-criticised decision to postpone national elections by…
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A Military Diktat and the Pitiable INEC chief
By Bayo Onanuga Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission cut a pathetic, pitiable figure Saturday night…
INEC yet to decide on election postponement
Independent National Electoral Commission says it is yet to make an announcement or decide on whether the February 14 presidential…
Presidency, PDP must stop funding election postponement, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the statement by the Presidency/Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that they are not behind…