Some lawmakers have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the general election scheduled to commence on February 16.
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Prof Kingsley Moghalu, the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, has urged Nigerians to remain calm following the postponement of the general elections.
Some residents of Benin City in Edo State have expressed shock over the postponement of the general elections by one week by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Dr Victor Oye, National Chairman of APGA, expressed the disappointment in a statement issued in Awka on Saturday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met on Friday. 15’h February 2019 and reviewed its preparations for the 2019 General Elections scheduled for Saturday, 16’h February 2019 and Saturday, 2nd March 2019.
Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, has condemned the postponement of the general elections, but urged its supporters to remain resolute, patient and determined.
Nigerian Railway Corporation on Friday said that over 4,000 passengers travelled out of the Federal Capital Territory in the last two days by train.
US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, has made phone calls to Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Friday on the need for peaceful and credible elections on Saturday.
Amid fears of violence in some quarters, some Nigerians have predicted that Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections will be generally peaceful.
Passengers travelling from Kaduna to various states of the federation for the general elections were on Friday stranded over shortage of vehicles.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assured all Nigerians, the diplomatic community and all foreign election observers of their safety and full protection during and after the Feb. 16 and Match 2 general elections.
A pro-Atiku Group, ATIKU GLOBAL NETWORK, has given reasons why Nigerians should vote for former Nigerian Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, GCON, instead of the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, in this Saturday’s presidential polls.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that electorate can use any finger to cast their votes in the forthcoming general elections.
Arising from the need to ensure smooth movement of election personnel and materials before, during and after the upcoming general elections, the Federal Road Safety Corps has doubled its resolve by organising a one-day training workshop for its personnel across all formations nationwide for efficiency and quality performance.
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has approved February 15 and March 1 as work-free days for Kwara State public servants.
Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has urged Nigerians not to entertain fear or be distracted but to exercise their God-given civic rights by voting.
The Ebonyi State Government has declared Friday this week as Public Holiday to enable civil and public servants travel in preparation for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls.
The All Progressives Congress has cautioned the United States of America and other Western countries over what it termed unguarded statements on Nigeria’s fast approaching general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State says it has engaged the services of no fewer than 60,436 electoral officers for the upcoming general elections.
In the course of the 2015 general elections, I travelled through the peril of bad roads to Ekpoma, Edo State to cast my vote in the presidential election. Truly, I voted for Muhammadu Buhari. Despite the irregularities of the process