The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has disclosed that 6, 609, 115 residents are eligible to vote in the 2019 General Election in the state. Mr. Sam Olumekun, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, disclosed this at a workshop on Lagos State Election Security Strategic Plan for 2019 Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
…Recommends funding from President’s N500bn security vote …To ratify election budgets of security agencies next week The Senate, on Thursday, passed election budget of N189,007,272,393 for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the 2019 general election. But the lawmakers disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari on the source of funding the election. They rejected […]
The Senate Deputy Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena has expressed confidence that the coast is clear for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party is coasting to victory in the 2019 general election. He said the defeat that awaits the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election will be more shocking than the 2015 era […]
…Picks governorship forms Former governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 election and governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state, Prince Paul Ikonne, has said that if all the stakeholders and the party could settle for a consensus candidate, his party’s victory will be made easy […]
*Says electoral body has registered 80m voters The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has ruled out electronic balloting in 2019 general election, saying that the commission will however continue to deepen the deployment of technology. Also, about 80 million Nigerians have registered to cast their ballots in elections in the […]
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has expressed optimism that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will rule Nigeria forever, assuring that her party will win more states in the 2019 general election. The Minister popularly known as ‘Mama Taraba’ said that the party´s coming National Convention would be peaceful, […]
A Federal High Court in Enugu has dismissed a suit filed by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Anike Nwoga, challenging the bill by the National Assembly to change the sequence of the 2019 General Election through amendment of the Electoral Act. Delivering judgment on the suit, Justice Mohammed Liman, the presiding judge, […]
The forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti State has been described as the way pointer, as the nation look towards the 2019 General Election as it would show how things would turn out, the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) has said. AU-ECOSOCC, which is a group representing Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in 55 […]
Ahead of the 2019 general election, a governorship hopeful in Delta State, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has promised to work with any gubernatorial candidate that emerges at the Delta APC Primaries, just as he declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will defeat incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Okowa at his home town come 2019. Ojougboh who spoke […]
If not properly checked, the Democratic Republic of Congo may head to another round of crisis, as the opposition has rejected timetable for the country’s fresh general election. Recently, CENI, DRC’s elections commission announced that the election, which term limits currently bar Kabila from taking part in, will be held on Dec. 23, 2018 with […]