Tag: 2019 General Elections

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and leader of the blackcap movement in Adamawa State, Comrade Mustapha Atiku Ribadu has disclosed that professor Mamman Tahir is one of the most loyal party men in APC.

The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed an application, asking it to review its judgement which nullified the victory of the candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the 2019 general elections held in Zamfara State.

The US government has announced visa restrictions on Nigerians who were involved in electoral offences and corruption in the 2019 general elections.

The United Nations (UN) has endorsed 2019 General elections as peaceful, commending the Independent National Electoral Commission for conducting elections of such magnitude in spite of the expected challenges associated with the exercise.

He also described as bizarre and spurious, the allegations by Wike that he was involved in illegal bunkering and leaking the proceedings of the State Security Council meetings to criminals in Rivers state, among others.

Buhari accused Abubakar of not possessing the statutory educational qualification to contest the recently concluded presidential election.

Teachers of Bayero University Kano (BUK) had severally come under stern criticisms for their roles in the last governorship election in Kano State.

The governorship election had held on March 9, about nine days after Buhari had received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission confirming his re-election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released 77 National Assembly results out of the 469 seats.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday morning again appealed to Nigerians to come out on Saturday to vote for the presidential candidate of...

The implication of this development is that the Yobe State PDP will be going into the polls on Saturday without a leader.

A Christian cleric in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Prophet Udeme Bassey, has predicted victory for President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) over Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday.

Following the Federal Government's declaration of February 22nd (Friday) as public holiday, to enable voters travel for the elections, the governor of Adamawa State, Sen Mohammed Umar Jibrilla, has assured citizens of their safety while urging them to come out in their numbers to cast their votes for President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has read riot act to military, Police, DSS and other security agencies to desist from going ahead with Presidential order of killing ballot box snatchers noting that obeying the order is tantamount to perpetrating genocide.

Yakubu also said INEC state offices have commenced the process of inviting stakeholders to the Central Bank of Nigeria to examine the retrieved materials deployed last week.

Governor Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has directed emir of Mubi, HRH Isa Ahmadu to openly campaign for the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the coming general polls or face the prospects of dethronement.

The Adamawa State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has administered oath of neutrality on its staff ahead of the February 23, 2019 presidential and national assembly polls.

Mahmood Yakubu, a professor and INEC chairman, had blamed the postponement on sabotage and logistical issues.

The National Association of Nigerian Students has suspended its proposed nationwide protest scheduled for Monday (today) over the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP on Sunday asked member parties to shun the directive by the Independent National Electoral Commission and resume campaigns ahead of the Saturday’s presidential election.