Tag: 2019 Polls
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INEC releases guidelines for 2019 polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed the process it will adopt for voting in the 2019 general elections. A national commissioner of the commission, Festus Okoye, made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking to journalists at a two-day election workshop at the U.S embassy in Abuja. Mr Okoye, who is also the Chairman…
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APC and Countdown to 2019 polls (3), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Let the truth be told today, November 12, 2018, exactly 95 days to the Presidential and National Assembly election, the first in a two-part balloting that kicks off the 2019 elections at 8 a.m. on February 16. The seemingly intractable crisis, arising from the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is…
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How Osinbajo is activating Buhari’s vote buying machinery ahead of 2019 elections – SMBLF
…Condemns assassination attempts on Ekweremadu The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum(SMBLF) on Wednesday accused the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of subtly luring voters for President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC at large ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group said the vice president was already engaging in “advance(d) vote buying” ahead of the…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (2), Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, as leader of the Labour Party faced with the prospect of losing the General Election in 1964, reportedly coined the famous phrase, “a week is a long time in politics.” When the election held, the party won with a slim majority of four seats, and Wilson…
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APC and countdown to 2019 polls (1) – Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon It’s 109 days from today, Monday, October 29, 2018, to the general elections, beginning with the presidential contest at 8am (Lagos Time) on Saturday, February 16, 2019. Meaning that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has barely three and half months (107 days – till Thursday, February 14) to convince the voters…
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2019 polls and Obasanjo's about turn on Atiku, Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Since Thursday, the camp of former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has been popping champagne in jubilation, as he received the most important endorsement yet – some would say more significant than the nomination of the candidate – for his presidential bid in…
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2019 polls: Buhari’s late submission of budget responsible for delay, Saraki insists
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has insisted that the delay witnessed in the passage of the 2019 election budget was because the Executive transmitted it late to the National Assembly. The embattled Senate President further alleged on Sunday that that the late submission of the budget showed that the Executive lacked foresight. Saraki, in a…
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Uncertainty over 2019 polls as NASS panel suspends deliberations on budget approval indefinitely
Indications emerged on Friday that the 2019 polls may fall behind schedule as the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended indefinitely, deliberations on the N189bn budget submitted by the commission for the conduct of 2019 elections. The Committee Chairman, Suleiman Nazif, who announced the indefinite suspension at…