Tag: ELECTION
BREAKING: INEC in meeting with stakeholders, considers postponing elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
called stakeholders including foreign observers to a meeting.
Sources close to INEC have revealed that the electoral
commission is considering...
Nnamdi Kanu calls off boycott of elections
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),
Nnamdi Kanu, has called off boycott of the 2019 general elections.
Kanu had asked the Igbo to stay...
Election: Police order restriction of vehicular movement nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed
Adamu, has ordered restriction of vehicular movement from 6am to 6pm for the presidential
and National Assembly elections holding on Saturday,...
FG closes all land borders for election
Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen Abdulrahman
Dambazau (retd), has announced the closure of all Nigerian land borders with
effect from Friday, February 15 to Sunday, February 17...
Buhari to make special election broadcast today
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday night (today) make a special broadcast at 7pm ahead of the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday....
Lagos police debunk reports of pre-election raids
The police in Lagos have debunked reports on social
media of a possible raid on Thursday and Friday.
In a statement on Thursday, spokesman of Lagos...
Candidates who incite violence to get visa ban, forfeit assets –...
The British
High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has warned Nigerian politicians to
desist from inciting or executing violence during the presidential and National
Assembly elections on...
AGF Malami writes INEC to postpone elections
The Attorney
General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has written to the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone elections for the National
Assembly, governorship and state...
Don’t risk your life, Ambode urges Lagosians ahead of polls
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has urged Lagosians
conduct themselves properly at the polling units and shun violence.
In a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman,...
Shina Peller closes Quilox for election
Showbiz promoter, Shina Peller, has announced a one-day closure of his Quilox nightclub for the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.
Mr Peller is...