INEC Chairman Admits Commission Contractor Is APC Senatorial Candidate

Vanguard

PDP, APC disagree as uproar, praise trail polls’ postponement 

Stakeholders across the country, yesterday, expressed strong reservation and, sometimes, condemnation over the shift      of the presidential andNational Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The Sun

Poll shift: US, UK, Observer Missions urge Nigerians to remain calm

Heads of Election Observation Missions for the 2019 elections, have called on Nigerians to remain calm in the face of shift in the Presidential, National, Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the country.

ThisDay

Nigerians Lament Implications of Postponed Elections

Following the rescheduling of the general elections the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigerians from all walks of life have continued to react to the postponement and lamenting the disruptions the new dates will cause in their economic and social lives even as they said decision will affect them economically as well as disrupt their calendar particularly as it affects social engagements.

Daily Times

El-Rufai is irresponsible, lied about Kajoro killings- Odinkalu

FEBRUARY 17, 2019 A former Chairman of the governing council of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has described the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as irresponsible for alleging that 66 people were killed in Kajoro, a town in the state. El-Rufai made the allegation on the eve of the 2019 presidential election which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Daily Trust

Election postponement won’t stop APC’s victory, says Egbeyemi

Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, on Sunday expressed confidence that the postponement of the general elections by one week will not stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from winning the polls.

Leadership

RCM To Deliver Atiku, Obi For Better Nigeria

A non-governmental organisation, the Red Card Movement (RCM), has said that they are ready to move all their members to polling units in support of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.

The Nation

3 terrorists, 4 civilians killed in fresh Boko Haram attack

The Nigerian Army yesterday said three Boko Haram terrorists and four civilians were killed as troops engaged the insurgents who launched attacks to scuttle the general elections in Jere local government area of Borno state.

Tribune

INEC Chairman Admits Commission Contractor Is APC Senatorial Candidate

National chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday admitted that candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for Niger East Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Musa, was a registered contractor with the commission.

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