The Youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has indicated that all was set to organise a two million man march in support of PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi. The group disclosed this on Wednesday through the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Worldwide, Dr. Arthur Obiorah. Speaking to […]
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The All Progressive Congress APC, yesterday gave a defiant reaction to INEC’s decision to bar the party from fielding candidates in the 2019 elections in Zamfara State. The Electoral umpire had issued a memo to the party on Wednesday indicating the ban was due to its inability to meet up with deadline given to conduct […]
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As part of its mandate to engage electoral democracy in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) observed the Supplementary Governorship Elections which took place on the 27th of September, 2018. TMG deployed observers across the seven (7) polling units across the four-local government councils, namely Orolu, Ife North, Ife South and Osogbo where elections where […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced dates for 2019 general elections. In a statement released on Thursday, the electoral commission “the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, 16th February 2019, while the Governorship/State Assembly/Federal Capital Territory Area Council Elections will hold on Saturday 2nd March 2019.” The commission also […]
Continue ReadingThe presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari did not order the use of national identity cards for the conduct of 2019 general elections. Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity, said this in a statement released on Friday. He said: “Our attention has been drawn to some misleading newspaper […]
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