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IGP bans use of unmarked, covered vehicle number-plates

March 6, 2019 12:42 am
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has proscribed with immediate effect the covering of vehicle number-plates by all unauthorised vehicle users across the country.

The IGP gave the order yesterday in Abuja following intelligence report that the unwholesome practice may be deployed by some unscrupulous persons to aid the commission of electoral-related offences before, during and after the Saturday, March 9, 2019 governorship and House of Assembly elections.

He, therefore, directed all Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in the zonal and state commands to strictly enforce the restriction order.

He also warned that any

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Card readers mandatory in Saturday’s Election, INEC insists

March 6, 2019 12:29 am
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the use of smart card readers (SCRs) is mandatory in Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in Abuja yesterday.Okoye said the clarification became necessary following allegations, since the conduct of the February 23, presidential and National Assembly elections, that INEC was selective in the use of smart card readers.He said the allegations had led to speculations that INEC might be forced to jettison the use of SCRs in the state and FCT area council polls.

He said:

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Obi cautions instigators of crisis in the Niger Delta

March 5, 2019 11:27 pm

The Vice-Presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed deep regret over what he described as the propensity of some persons at the helm of public office to instigate crisis in normally peaceful parts of Nigeria for their own selfish political gains.

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32 political parties align with PDP against Bauchi Governor

March 5, 2019 11:08 pm

Thirty-two political parties and 20 governorship candidates have formed a coalition with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, as part of their renewed effort to unseat incumbent Governor Muhammed Abdullahi Abubakar in the governorship election of Saturday, March 9.

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APC, Security Agencies plan to kidnap Rivers REC says Wike

March 5, 2019 10:36 pm

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has raised the alarm of a plot by security agencies and the All Progressives Congress (APC ) to kidnap the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state to create an excuse for the postponement of the Governorship and State Assembly elections.

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Elections: Atiku, PDP challenge Jubril’s victory in court

March 5, 2019 11:03 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
the February 23 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party on Tuesday in Abuja, commenced legal process challenging the victory of  Jubril Al- Sudani being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared
President Buhari and his party, APC, winner of the poll, having scored
a total of 15,191,847 as against 11,262,978 by Atiku and the PDP.

Dissatisfied with the conduct and outcome of the election, the former
vice-president and his party vowed to approach the
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PDP to petition UN, others over military’s role elections

March 5, 2019 10:30 am

Insists on challenging Buhari’s victory in court

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated its resolve to petition the United Nations and other global democratic institutions over the role of the military in the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, revealed this yesterday while addressing journalists after the expanded caucus meeting of the party.

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Presidential Election was neither free nor Fair – Obi

March 4, 2019 9:53 pm
Thanks Nigerians for supporting PDP, justifies court action

The running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the just concluded presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections were neither transparent, free, fair nor credible.

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Group urges Atiku to challenge Jubril’s victory in court

March 4, 2019 9:21 pm

The AtikuObi Vanguard Nigeria 2019 has called on the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to challenge INEC’s declaration of Jubril Al-Sudani (being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari ) as winner of the February 23 Presidential election.

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Revealed! Plan to disrupt Rivers Governorship Election

March 4, 2019 8:57 pm

NDDC, Ministry of Transportation relaese 3 billion naira for Rivers APC illegal protests 

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Ministry of Transportation have jointly released ₦3 billion for the funding of 4-day protests by the Rivers APC against the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections.

The funds are for the hiring of thugs, sponsorship of army and SARs violence, illegal protests and manipulation of INEC field staff.

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi obtained the approval which compelled the NDDC and his ministry to fund the protests.

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The Yoruba/Igbo imbroglio in Lagos

March 4, 2019 8:35 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

I have learnt to be neutral, but very firm and objective when it has to deal with ethnicity and bashing of a particular ethnic group.

My reasons are not far fetched:
Nigeria is a very volatile place, and you can’t condemn a whole people just by the action of a handful of their likes.
Even when the majority of that particular people are saying the same thing, there are a percentage of that people who hold a different view.

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