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INEC Lists Five Steps To Addressing Challenges Before New Election Date

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has outlined six steps to resolve its logistics issues before the new date of the presidential and national assembly elections. The election, initially scheduled to hold February 16, was moved by INEC some hours to the election, citing logistics issues as the cause. According to a breakdown by the commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, the …

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INEC Chairman’s Address At Meeting With Stakeholders

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has given details of the “logistics and operational problems” he earlier said prompted the rescheduling of the 2019 general elections billed to start Saturday. The commission announced the shocking decision just hours before the opening of polls after repeatedly assuring Nigerians and international observers it was ready for the crucial …

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Election Postponement: FG Orders Re-opening Of Borders

The Federal Government has ordered the re-opening of all the nation’s borders closed due to the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled on Saturday. A statement by Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, in Abuja on Saturday, said that Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), ordered the re-opening of the borders. Directive to close the borders …

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WE’VE FOILED APC GOVERNMENT PLOT TO RIG FOR BUHARI – ATIKU RELEASES PROOF

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Friday night, stated that the Managing Director of Activate Technologies Limited, Mohammed Sani Musa, whose company supplied the machines used in printing the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Niger East Senatorial district for Saturday’s poll. In a statement Friday night by his …

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Buhari Speaks On Postponement Of 2019 General Elections

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections billed for Saturday, saying he was “deeply disappointed” by the move. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced the shocking decision early Saturday, just hours before the opening of the polls, after repeatedly assuring Nigerians and international observers it was ready for the crucial elections. The electoral body …

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PDP Condemns Poll Shift, Blames APC

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Saturday condemned the postponement of the 2019 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). In a statement his spokesperson, Ike Abonyi, Mr Secondus described the development as a deliberate plot by President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power even when it has become obvious to …

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Election Postponement: It’s The Hand Of Esau But The Voice Of Jacob – Atiku

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked Nigerians to remain peaceful in the face of provocation. Atiku said this in a statement he personally signed in the early hours of Saturday while reacting to the shift in the dates for the conduct of the general elections as announced by the Chairman of the Independent National …

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Elections: Buhari Campaign Blames PDP For Postponement

The campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the postponement of the 2019 presidential elections. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, announced at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday that the election had been postponed, barely hours after Nigerians were set to hit the polling units. The elections would now hold on …

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Buhari’s Desperation To Win Caused Election Postponement, Says CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties has claimed that the desperation of President Muhammadu Buhari and his men to win the presidential election, by all means, was responsible for the last minute postponement of the election. The coalition’s spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday morning. He said, “In their …

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Breaking: INEC Finally Postpones Nigeria’s General Elections To February 23

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday postponed the presidential and national assembly elections as exclusively reported by PREMIUM TIMES. The announcement by INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja came hours before Nigerians were slated to head to the polling units. The announcement was made at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. It came hours after PREMIUM TIMES reported that …

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