A former member, House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmed Wadada, says the reasons tendered by the Independent National Electoral Commission for postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections are not convincing.
Author: The Eagle Online
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, on Sunday expressed confidence that the postponement of the general elections by one week will not stop the All Progressives Congress from winning the polls.
Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, has called on Nigerians to adjust to the inconveniences that the shift in the dates for the conduct of the general elections would cause them.
The senator revealed the timeline on his Twitter handle
The CAN Chairman in the state, Rev. Joseph Hayab, stated this in a statement on Saturday
The foreign observers said this in a statement shortly after the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced the postponement of the election on Saturday
The statements were both issued on Saturday
The Catalans played far below their vibrant best but were not troubled by the visitors at the Nou Camp as they ended a run of three consecutive draws in all competitions
IPOB in a statement hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission postponed the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, said it was the decision to call off the polls boycott that stopped the plans of President Muhammadu Buhari, who it referred to as Jubril of Sudan, from rigging the election
Duke, in a statement he personally signed, likened the manner of Yakubu may exit from public glare to that of a former chairman of the then electoral body that conducted the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, which was won by late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Obi made the appeal while speaking with newsmen in his Onitsha, Anambra State residence hours after INEC announced the postponement of the elections on Saturday, citing logistics challenges
Excitement radiated on faces of kids at the Children’s Ward of the National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi Lagos when staff of leading electricity distribution, Ikeja Electric Plc, visited the hospital to celebrate Valentine’s Day with them.
All Progressives Congress National Leader and Co-Chair of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said though the postponement of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections was painful, all those who actually came out to vote and those who intended to vote in the postponed elections must maintain their commitment.
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has urged Nigerians to remain alert and ensure they fulfill their civic obligations by going out to vote on February 23.
The Fulani community in parts of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have abandoned the area after an attack on February 11, which left 66 of them, mostly women and children dead.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted dust haze weather conditions with persistent impaired visibility over most parts of the country on Sunday.
Reactions have trailed the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Niger State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says there is no more room for political campaign or collection of the Permanent Voter Cards in spite of the postponement of elections dates by one week.
Chief George Muoghalu, National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress, has called on Nigerians to consider the shift in dates of 2019 general election as a sacrifice for entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria.
The Christian Association of Nigeria has described the postponement of the Saturday’s elections as a national embarrassment and setback.