Commercial activities remained low at Seme on Saturday following the reopening of Nigeria-Benin Republic border after last minute postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Author: The Eagle Online
Norbert Okolie, the Media Officer of Rangers International Football Club, say the Enugu-based club are now concentrating their attention on their next match in the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Saturday said the postponement of the 2019 general elections would affect students preparing for the West Africa Examinations Council and other external examinations.
Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara said on Saturday that the postponement of the presidential and national assembly elections would give the party time to push for the inclusion of its candidates in the elections.
Governor Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has said on Saturday that although the postponement of the polls was painful, it was done in the best interest of the nation.
The Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party in Bauchi state, Alhaji Shehu Barau, on Saturday urged Nigerians to consider the shifting of the date of the Presidential and National Assembly polls as a decision taken in good faith.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Akwa Ibom says all sensitive materials sent to the state are intact in spite of the postponement of elections.
The Vice President National Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Tony Ejinkeonye, says Nigeria will lose billions of naira due to the postponement of the general election.
Bayern Munich winger, Kingsley Coman, has been ruled fit to play in next week’s UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg tie at Liverpool.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure the protection of lives of corp members deployed to various states for the general elections.
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops had killed three Boko Haram insurgents in a coordinated attack at Jidamari community in Jidari-Polo area of Jere Local Government Area of Borno.
Nigerians have continued to react to the last minute postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The army has confirmed that three terrorists and four Civilian Joint Task Force members died on Saturday as troops repel Boko Haram attack on a Mosque at Jidimari community in Jidari Polo area of Jere Local Government Area of Borno.
The Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mallam Halilu Husseini Pai, has expressed regrets that despite high level of preparedness of citizens for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the commission could not go on with the election as scheduled.
Former Senator Abubakar Sodangi has appealed to Nigerians to have faith and appreciate the enormous challenges of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has retrieved all sensitive materials earlier distributed to six Local Government Areas of Jigawa following the rescheduling of Presidential and National Assembly Election to February 23.
Swiss actor, Bruno Ganz, who was known for his roles as Adolf Hitler in the film “Downfall” and the angel Damiel in “Wings of Desire,” died on Saturday at the age of 77 in Zurich, his manager said.
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to tender an unreserved apology for the postponement of the Saturday’s general election.
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Saturday said the last minute postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections caused a great inconvenience to many Nigerians.
Some members of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Kogi, on Saturday expressed displeasure over the ‘late hour’ postponement of elections’ dates by the Independent National Electoral Commission.