The Federal Government says the social media report on the death of the abducted Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, is fake and ploy by political opposition to tarnish the Administration’s image ahead of the general elections.
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On February 16th, Nigeria will hold a general election. Four years ago, the country experienced its first democratic transfer of power to the opposition since 1999. The vote in a few days will be no less significant.
Former governor of Cross River, Donald Duke, says he still remain the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party and would present himself for the February 16 poll.
The Supreme Court on Friday finally out paid to the hopes of the All Progressives Congress to present candidates for the upcoming general elections in Rivers State.
Less than 10 days to the general elections, Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has warned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to disenfranchise him and the rest of his family from exercising their civic rights.
The EU Election Observation Mission has reiterated commitment to observing the general elections.
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has urged his supporters to resist all forms of arrest and intimidation from the opposition at all levels prior to or during the forthcoming national elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State on Tuesday urged politicians to eschew conducts capable of inciting violence against women in the forthcoming elections.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it will deploy its entire staff in Enugu State Command for the general elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met the traditional rulers in Ekiti, seeking their support for his re-election bid ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday got another critical endorsement from 71 retired military generals, who expressed their readiness to work tirelessly toward his re-election in the February 16 general elections.
As the general elections draw nearer, the Lagos State steering committee of the Presidential Youth Committee of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has called on the electorate to vote en-masse for President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Nigerian Army says it is poised to work with other security agencies to frustrate plans by unscrupulous elements working with foreign collaborators to disrupt peaceful conduct of the general elections.
John Momoh, Chairman, Channels Media Group and Channels Television, has urged journalists and media organisations to be factual and balanced in their reportage before, during and after the general elections.
The National Youth Service Corps in Ogun State says 17,000 corps members will serve as Independent National Electoral Commission ad hoc staff in the forthcoming general elections.
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State have been urged never to lose sleep over the “vituperations of frustration” by the opposition All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Sonni Ogbuorji, but rather focus on stamping the authority of the party in the forthcoming elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says only Smart Card Readers deployed by it for the general elections can authenticate Permanent Voter Cards and communicate to its system.
The sale of nomination forms for the forthcoming elections into various offices in the Kwara Football Association Board, which was earlier scheduled to close on Thursday, has been extended.
Wife of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Titi Abubakar, has given the assurance that she will end child labour and abuse if Atiku Abubakar is elected as the president of Nigeria in February election.
Malam Usman Dantudu, Chairman of Civilian JTF in Kaduna, says the neighbourhood watch group is tracking miscreants in 152 communities in the state to prevent any form of disruption during the forthcoming elections.