Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has urged the international community to respect the sovereignty of Nigeria and allow her solve internal challenges without interference.
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Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission says “only an Act of God” can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday.
There are indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission will on Wednesday (today) take a final decision whether candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State should be included in the ballot for the National Assembly elections.
Oshiomhole stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference while reacting to a statement made by Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate, on President Muhammadu Buhari’s riot act to thugs and ballot box snatchers
The Independent National Commission on Tuesday said it has achieved 95 per cent configuration of the Smart Card Readers to be deployed for the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.
A foremost Yoruba monarch, the Olowu of Owu-Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama, has commended the Nigerian Army for its noble role in the fight against insurgents and armed banditry across the country.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, will on Wednesday brief Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations on the conduct of February 23 elections.
Maverick activist, Charly Boy, has said that he will lead a peaceful protest to the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission if the agency shifts the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said parties can now resume campaign for the postponed Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday reacted negatively to sudden election postponement, dropping by N196 billion as predicted by financial experts.
The National Association of Nigerian Students says it is unfair to call for the resignation of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission over election postponement.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has faulted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over his excuse that bad weather condition was among factors that resulted in the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The All Progressives Congress National Caucus will on Monday, hold an emergency meeting in Abuja to discuss prevailing national issues, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
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.
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
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
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.
The West Africa Network for Peace building and partners have called on the international community and domestic observers not to be deterred or lose faith in Nigeria’s electoral process because of the postponement.
During the first prophecy, Iginla made it known that there was a twist about the 2019 elections