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2019 elections, a rape of democracy, says Labour

March 21, 2019 12:47 pm

The United Labour Congress (ULC) has described the 2019 general elections as a complete rape of democracy and an embarrassing sham that aborted the will of majority of Nigerians as expressed through the ballot.

It lamented that the Independent National Electoral Commission Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) negated the principles upon which elections are organised in saner societies.

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Fresh elections to hold in 124 polling units in Bayelsa

March 14, 2019 1:48 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled election in at least 124 polling units in disputed areas in the state.

Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, listed the affected areas as Southern Ijaw, Ogbia and Brass local governments.

The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) had raised the alarm that elections did not take place in several parts of Bayelsa as the elections were highly militarised and characterised by intimidation, ballot snatching and manipulation of results.

Ifogah noted that a stakeholders’ meeting will be held with all concerned parties before the election to acquaint …

APC, PDP brag ahead of March 23 extra elections

March 12, 2019 8:43 pm

A war of words broke out yesterday between the two major political parties ahead of the March 23 supplementary elections to decide who will control power in six states.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were bragging about their capacity to carry the day.

The Independent National Electoral commission  (INEC) has fixed 23rd March  for supplementary elections in Sokoto, Benue, Adamawa, Plateau, Kano and Bauchi states.

INEC announced the date in a press statement signed by the National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye.

INEC noted that it acted in complaince …

2019 Election: Court dismisses case against fake Buhari

I want to leave legacy of free, fair elections says Jubril

March 11, 2019 9:46 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that he would want to be remembered as a leader who kept his word that elections in Nigeria must be free, fair and credible.

Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesperson in a statement in Abuja, said President Buhari made this known he received Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State at his private residence in Daura, Katsina State, on Monday.

Masari was in Daura to formally inform the president of his election victory in March 9 Governorship poll.

President Buhari commended Nigerians who heeded to his pre-election appeal to cast their votes peacefully.

The President, who …

2019 Elections: Four missing after Delta boat mishap

March 10, 2019 9:26 am

Four persons have been declared missing after a boat returning from a voting exercise capsized in the Benin River in Delta state.

The Nation gathered that the victims, who were returning to Koko, the headquarters of Warri North council area of the state, were in a boat loaded with 22 persons, including three policemen, coming from Ebrohimi community, also in Warri North council area.

Sources said the boat accident, which happened at about 1:20am on Sunday morning, occurred around Ureju community, also in Warri North. The passengers, who said to be community members, were returning to Koko after exercising their …

INEC, security chiefs meet ahead of Saturday’s elections

March 7, 2019 12:20 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) and the security agencies involved in the conduct of the general elections met on to concretise security arrangements ahead of Saturday polls.

On Saturday 9th March 2019, Nigerians are expected to elect Governors in 29 States, as well as members of Houses of Assembly in all the States of the Federation.

There will also be elections into FCT council areas as well as supplementary National Assembly polls in some part of the country where elections did not hold on the 23rd of February.

Welcoming the security chiefs, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu …

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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NCSSR discredits INEC, security agencies over elections

February 26, 2019 2:30 am

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has expressed disappointment at what it described as poor showing by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the various security agencies during last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

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Only act of God can stop Saturday’s elections says INEC

February 20, 2019 3:29 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday stated that only an ‘act of God’ can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for this Saturday.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross section of the diplomatic community and international election monitoring groups in Nigeria, for the 2019 general election.

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The move by APC to rig the Elections

February 16, 2019 3:19 pm
By Charles Novia
In the past 48 hours, some moles in the government sent messages out and those that matter in the polity got wind of the new plan to rig the election.
What had been decided by the rigging machinery was to continue with the election in some states, about 26 states and postpone the elections in 10 states. From the declared results in the 26 states, they would have known what to do and would have deployed their security and rigging apparatus to those 10 states and the Osun State template would have been used in those states.
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