archiveFebruary 16, 2019

The Vice President National Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (NACCIMA) Mr Tony Ejinkeonye says Nigeria will lose billions of naira due to the postponement of the general election. Ejinkeonye who is also the Director, Business Development for Africa, Esilknet Africa Network Ltd., told News Agency of...

Full text of INEC chairman’s address at meeting with stakeholders ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION INEC, PROFESSOR MAHMOOD YAKUBU TO THE STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING ON THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA ON SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY 2019 About thirteen hours ago, I conveyed to Nigerians the decision...

  Over 91 million Nigerians are now living in extreme poverty, even as at least three million more Nigerians were said to have slipped into extreme poverty between November 2018 and February 2019. TheCable has reported. According to the World Poverty Clock, created by Vienna-based World Data Lab, 91.16 million...

  Believes there is need for more appreciation of the commission The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said its decision to postponed the general elections a few hours to the commencement was not politically influenced. “The decision (to postpone the election) has nothing to do with security, nothing...

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has demanded the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for dereliction of duty. This it said was because of the tardiness that led to the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly election in collusion with the Peoples...

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has ordered the re-opening of Nigeria’s land borders earlier shut due to the general elections. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, disclosed in a terse statement on Saturday that the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, gave the directive following the postponement of the Presidential...

Reactions have continued to trail the postponement of the general election in Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had earlier in the day announced the shifting of the polls for presidential and NASS elections due to open at 8 a.m. on Saturday, to February 16, 2019 and...

President-General of apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has reacted to allegations that the organisation collected N300 million to endorse the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and running mate, Dr. Peter Obi. Nwodo denied the claim through his Spokesman, Chief Emeka Attamah in...

Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party and Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to remain peaceful in the face of provocation occasioned by the postponed of the elections. He was reacting to the postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement...

By Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey Should Buhari win, we as citizens must be prepared for two things. The first should be to stretch the great endurance for which we are known. The power centres within the Buhari presidency would assert themselves more ferociously, with Osinbanjo becoming more of a lame-duck...