The Deputy Speaker, Yobe State House of Assembly, Dr. Garba Ibrahim Kurmi is dead. According to DailyPost, that he passed on, Monday, following a protracted illness. The lawmaker died at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital Damaturu, according sources close to his family. Until his death, the late Deputy Speaker was a member of the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said he cannot remove Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), because he would need a resolution by two-thirds majority of the Senate to do so. There have been speculations that Buhari was set to fire the INEC boss, following the abrupt postponement of the general elections. However,…
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Political parties participating in the 2019 general elections have said they will not obey the directive of the Independent National Electoral Commission that they should stop campaigns after the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday morning. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had on Saturday while giving reasons for the postponement of…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the postponement of the 2019 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Buhari in a statement he personally signed, expressed disappointment over the development. He said “I am deeply disappointed that despite the long notice given and our preparations both locally and internationally, the Independent National Electoral…
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to disenfranchise Nigerians. Atiku said this moments after the 2019 elections were formally shifted from 16 February to 23rd of the same month by the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. But Atiku, who is President Buhari’s main challenger, urged Nigerians to exercise patience and…
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The Coalition of United Political Parties has claimed that the desperation of President Muhammadu Buhari and his men to win the presidential election, by all means, was responsible for the last minute postponement of the election. The coalition’s spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for today, February 16, over logistic problems. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced this following an emergency meeting of the Commission with other stakeholders that lasted for several hours. According to Yakubu, The Presidential and National Assembly election will…
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Fourteen persons on Tuesday lost their lives at the end of the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress at the Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The persons died in a stampede around the gate of the stadium as the crowd attempted to leave the venue of the campaign. Eight other persons…
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The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops successfully repelled attack coordinated by the Boko Haram insurgents at Madagali town in Adamawa. Col. Ado Isa, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 7 Division, said in a statement that the troops killed several insurgents and recovered ammunition when they attempted to attack a military formation in the…
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