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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 …

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 …

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 …

Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has debunked reports making the rounds that the body was planning to postpone Saturday’s elections. The National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity at INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, told Daily Post on Friday night that Nigerians should ignore the rumors and come out to exercise their civic responsibility. Asked to respond …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering postponing Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Multiple sources close to the electoral commission said the postponement being considered is due to some logistics challenges being faced by the commission in many states. The electoral body is facing difficulty distributing sensitive electoral materials to some states of the federation, an official said. …

Amid amusing displays by the Chairman of the Code of Tribunal, Danladi Umar, the tribunal on Friday, adjourned the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on charges of non-declaration of assets, till March 11. The tribunal chairman had earlier insisted on adjourning the matter till February 21 in defiance to an agreement between the prosecuting …

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has pleaded not guilty to the six counts of non-declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja. He was immediately granted bail on self-recognisance by the tribunal following a short oral application by the defence counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN). After the bail was granted, Uche also applied …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police in charge of Logistics and Supplies, Fredrick Taiwo Lakanu has been deployed to Edo State to ensure tactical execution of the Force’s operational strategies for Saturday February 16, 2019 general elections. DIG Taiwo explained that he was in Edo State in compliance with the directive of the Nigeria …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Apparently ready to crush any trouble that may arise during and after the Saturday February 16, 2019 general elections, the Nigeria Police, Army, Air Force, Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies, on Thursday conducted a massive Operation Show of Force in Benin City, the Edo State Capital. The warning exercise which …

His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II has formally inaugurated the Steering Committee of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) with a charge to members to embrace peace and unity in order to be able to attract the desired development to the Niger Delta region. The Oba of Benin thanked every member of HOSTCOM for burying their …