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  • 2019 general elections will cost N242.4bn, Buhari tells NASS

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    Femi Ajasa
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    President Muhammadu Buhari has presented a supplementary budget to the National Assembly in which he sought the approval of N164bn out of the N242bn budgeted for the 2019 general elections. Buhari said the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies would need N242bn for the elections, asking the legislature to provide N164bn through virement in…

  • Saraki, wife stun in Easter IG photo

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Senate President Bukola Saraki on Sunday in the spirit of Easter celebration with “Christian brothers and sisters across the nation” shared a stunning photograph of himself and his wife, Toyin Saraki on Instagram. TheNewsGuru reports Saraki had in an Easter message urged Christians and Nigerians across the nation to emulate the virtues of Jesus Christ…

  • We have special interest in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections – U.S.

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The U.S. says Nigeria’s 2019 general election and a peaceful transition are its major priority in view of the country’s strategic position in the region. The U.S. Department of State, Rex Tillerson, said thus during a background briefing on the first trip of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Africa. Tillerson would meet with Nigeria’s…

  • PDP will win presidency back in 2019 – Okowa

    PDP will win presidency back in 2019 – Okowa

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Chairman of the 2017 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Special Non-Elective National Convention and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that the party is set to take over power at the national level in 2019. Mr. Okowa stated this on Wednesday at the meeting of the Convention Planning Committee at the party’s national…

  • 2019: INEC to register more political parties

    2019: INEC to register more political parties

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    Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it may register more political parties. The commission stated that the process of registering new political parties would continue until six months to the conduct of the next general elections as stipulated under the law. It added that the registration of…

  • INEC inaugurates planning committee for 2019 general elections

    INEC inaugurates planning committee for 2019 general elections

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday inaugurated an Election Project Plan Committee (EPPC), charged with the responsibility of planning for the 2019 general elections. This is contained in a statement issued by Prince Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, after its weekly meeting in Abuja on Thursday.…

  • Future elections will be better than 2015 –INEC

    Future elections will be better than 2015 –INEC

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission was committed to making future elections in the country better than the 2015 exercise. Yakubu made the pledge when he received the new United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington at INEC headquarters on Wednesday in Abuja. He expressed gratitude…