If Elections Are Won By Crowds
The campaigns have come and gone and the decision day is here. The campaigns have been impressive, but would the crowds that turned out at the rallies make a difference? If they will, who carries the day?
Elections: Atiku Accuses Buhari Of Instigating Postponement
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of instigating the postponement of the elections to disenfranchise Nigerians. Reacting to the announced postponement, through a press statement signed by him, Atiku said; “This postponement is obviously a case of the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob.” According […]
Elections: PDP Rejects Postponement, Calls For Yakubu’s Resignation
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the postponement of the elections was part of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s plan to thwart the will of Nigerians no matter the cost. It also noted that the decision has exposed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a failure and called on the Chairman of the […]
Why Godswill Akpabio is Unbeatable
The name Godswill Obot Akpabio rings a loud bell in the ears of most Akwa Ibom indigenes, and indeed in Nigeria, but it wasn’t always so. In 2006, when he declared his intentions to run for the office of the Governor in the state, not many gave him even a fighting chance, the reason being […]
President Buhari assures of free, fair election
Following the ongoing calls to Nigerian musicians to sensitise electorates through their music platforms, Wizkid has finally spoken up about the coming Nigerian elections.
Akpabio denies writing to Buhari’s Chief of Staff
Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied authoring a letter of gratitude to the Chief of Staff to the President.
We have not planned any raid -Lagos CP
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, has said the command had no plans of embarking on any raid contrary to news making the rounds.
IPAC warns INEC not to postpone elections because of APC as Malami denies calling for postponement
The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, postponing elections in Rivers and Zamfara States because of the internal crisis that has dogged the All Progressives Congress, APC. IPAC, the umbrella body of all the 91 registered political parties in Nigeria, made the call in a statement by its […]
2019 elections: Lagos CP deploys 30,000 policemen
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, has deployed 30,000 personnel, comprising the police and other law enforcement agencies, for the 2019 general elections. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti, in a statement on Wednesday, police personnel on election duty would wear INEC identification tags to secure the electoral process. The election […]
JUST IN: AGF writes INEC to postpone election in Zamfara
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to postpone the National Assembly, governorship and state houses of Assembly elections following the decision of the Appeal Court that all parties return to status quo in the Zamfara All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries crisis. […]