Monday, 18 February 2019

NigerianEye: “Nigerians blast Buhari for saying ballot box snatchers will pay with their lives” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerians blast Buhari for saying ballot box snatchers will pay with their lives” plus 29 more


Nigerians blast Buhari for saying ballot box snatchers will pay with their lives

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:44 PM PST

Several Nigerians have taken to social media to blast President Muhammadu Buhari and express their shock and apprehension over the Nigerian leader's comments during the All Progressives Congress...

Buhari showing his true colours with death threat to Nigerians - Atiku

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:45 PM PST

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says threatening people with death in context of election is incitement to electoral violence. Atiku was...

Tinubu covers Buhari - 'The president didn’t order security personnels to shoot Nigerians who snatch ballot boxes'

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:46 PM PST

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday cautioned against misinterpreting President Muhammadu Buhari's remarks on ballot box snatchers. Asiwaju Tinubu said the...

2019 Elections: INEC has promised to improve corp members’ welfare – NYSC

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:43 PM PST

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to improve the safety and welfare provisions of corp members in the rescheduled...

31 stolen INEC’s card readers recovered from the bush

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:26 PM PST

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Rivers State have recovered 31 Electronic Card Readers (ECRs) believed to have been stolen from the Independent National Electoral Commission...

Abacha’s son vows to deliver two million votes for president Buhari

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:23 PM PST

The governorship candidate of the Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance in Kano State, Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, on Monday backed President Muhammadu Buhari's reelection bid, promising to help get at...

INEC back-tracks, okays resumption of campaigns

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 02:13 PM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission has okayed the resumption of political campaign activities ahead of Saturday's rescheduled elections. This was revealed in a statement on the...

I'm richer than the whole of Osun state - Tinubu boasts

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 12:56 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has again stated that he indeed said he was richer than Osun State during the run-up to the Osun State governorship election last year. This...

Atiku counters Buhari’s ‘frivolous suit’, seeks N2bn damages

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 11:50 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party ' s presidential candidate , Atiku Abubakar , has responded to a libel suit instituted against him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku, in a counter - claim which he...

Election Violence: Political thugs burn down 30 houses in Ebonyi

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:50 AM PST

About 30 houses have been destroyed in pre-election related violence in some communities in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi state. But the two major parties- The People's Democratic Party (PDP)...

Buhari inciting military, police against Nigerians — PDP

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:45 AM PST

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari in his alleged desperation to cling on to power has given marching orders to the...

Gunmen kill Osaze Odewingie’s manager

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:42 AM PST

Gunmen have killed the manager of a hotel belonging to Nigeria's ex-Nigeria international footballer, Osaze Odewingie, located at Erediauwa Street, off Upper Sokponba Road, Ikpoba-Okha Local...

Election Shift: ECOWAS Head of Election Observer Mission departs Nigeria

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:40 AM PST

The ECOWAS Head of Election Observer Mission, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, on Monday returned to her country following the postponement of the February 16 general elections. Mr....

Vote whoever you like, I’m not afraid – Buhari

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:15 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, in Abuja asked Nigerians to vote whoever they want in the presidential election. Buhari expressed confidence, saying he was not afraid going into the...

CUPP claims APC, Buhari plan to set up interim government, Oshiomhole asked INEC for result sheets

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:06 AM PST

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC), held their caucus meeting on Monday, "to formalize the planned bloody commotion on Saturday, to...

We don’t need a ‘hospital’ president who complains of tiredness – Femi Kuti mocks Buhari

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 09:06 AM PST

Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, Nigerian musician and son of the late Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the postponement of the...

Fact check: What Electoral Act says about ballot box snatching, violence

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:55 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari courted controversy on Monday afternoon when he threatened that anyone engaged in ballot box snatching or other forms of electoral violence would do so "at the expense of...

Leave Nigeria alone, face your many troubles – APC tells US, UK, EU

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:43 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has told the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States to solve numerous challenges facing them and leave Nigeria to handle her own internal...

VIDEO: Popular Malaysian pastor predicts winner of Nigeria’s presidential election

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:42 AM PST

Popular Malaysian pastor, Dr Jonathan David, has revealed winner of the 2019 presidential election. The cleric, who made the revelation in a viral video, prophesied victory for the candidate of the...

Correct lapses before Saturday, APC advises INEC

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:22 AM PST

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has condemned the last-minute postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral...

Akwa Ibom police arrests 10 over alleged destruction of INEC vehicles

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:17 AM PST

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has arrested 10 persons suspected of setting ablaze 11 vehicles of the Independent National Electoral Commission meant for the coming general...

Boko Haram kills two soldiers in Borno

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:07 AM PST

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and six others injured when Boko Haram jihadists attacked a military post near the Cameroon border, days before rescheduled presidential elections. Fighters loyal...

Buhari didn’t order killing of citizens -Tinubu

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:00 AM PST

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has explained what President Muhammadu Buhari meant by saying the lives of anyone who snatch ballot boxes during elections is at...

We reject Buhari’s ‘licence to kill’ order, says PDP

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:20 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of planning to derail the electoral process and throw the nation into political crisis. The PDP was reacting to a statement...

Security men batter taxi driver for ‘parking wrongly’, damage car

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 07:49 AM PST

No fewer than six armed men with AK47 rifles, dressed in army, air force and Cross River State Homeland security outfit uniform descended on a taxi driver, battered and destroyed his car for...

VIDEO: Give 90% votes to Buhari - Saraki campaigns for president in error

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 07:12 AM PST

A video has surfaced where the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, urged the people of Kwara state to give 90% of their votes to President Muhammadu Buhari. NAN reports that the video was recorded in...

I'm very sure of victory on Saturday – Buhari boasts

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 06:00 AM PST

Nigeria's President, Muhammdu Buhari on Monday said he has garnered adequate support from the electorate to give him victory in Saturday's presidential poll. Buhari spoke at the caucus meeting of...

INEC should be reshuffled, says Oshiomhole

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 06:32 AM PST

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says some resident electoral commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been...

Presidential candidate wants further shift of elections date

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 05:48 AM PST

Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim Third Force Presidential candidate running on the People's Trust (PT) platform, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has written the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral...

FA Cup: Chelsea vs Manchester United preview

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 05:55 AM PST

Manchester United travel to Chelsea to trade tackles in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku could get their chance to start the match which begins at 8.30pm Nigerian...

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