Sunday, 17 February 2019

NigerianEye: “Poll shift: APC campaign demands daily update from INEC” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Poll shift: APC campaign demands daily update from INEC” plus 29 more


Poll shift: APC campaign demands daily update from INEC

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 02:00 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should brief Nigerians on its level of preparedness daily. The council...

I didn't want my wife to return to the senate - Tinubu

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:51 PM PST

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed how some influential members in the Lagos APC Governor's Advisory Council,...

APC, PDP dare INEC, vow to reopen campaigns

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:41 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to reopen their campaigns one week to the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections. In separate...

Elections Shift: APC holds emergency caucus meeting

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 12:32 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress National Caucus will on Monday, hold an emergency meeting in Abuja to discuss prevailing national issues, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The meeting is coming...

NANS threatens nationwide protest Monday over polls shift

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 08:35 AM PST

The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened that its members would organise nationwide protests against the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National...

Ahead of deadline, JAMB registers 1.6m candidates for 2019 UTME

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 09:41 AM PST

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says not less than 1 . 8 million candidates would be registered for its 2019 UTME by the end of the registration exercise scheduled for Feb . 21. The...

REVEALED: APC candidate is INEC’s contractor who supplied machines used in printing PVCs

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 07:30 AM PST

Mahmood Yakubu, national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed that one of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a contractor to the...

Movement restriction during elections is illegal, says Adegboruwa

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 09:14 AM PST

Activist lawyer , Mr Ebun- Olu Adegboruwa , has warned the police against restricting human and vehicular movements on election days , saying it is unconstitutional. According to him , the Federal...

Davido tenders public apology for body-shaming lady

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 07:44 AM PST

Popular Nigerian music star, Davido has given in to pressure by fans to send in an apology to a certain lady, Lolo who he angrily went off on for implying he sold his soul for Nigerian politics. The...

WATCH VIDEO: Customs officers shoot passenger dead over N5,000 bribe

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 07:17 AM PST

Customs officers along Benin-Asaba road on Sunday killed a young man in a passenger bus. WATCH VIDEO BELOW The deceased was said to be coming from Lagos with other passengers when the officers...

Falana faults INEC’s ban on campaigns before rescheduled election

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 07:50 AM PST

Prominent lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday, criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission's barring of campaign activities of political parties till the new date of...

INEC released excess result sheets to encourage rigging - Ekiti PDP

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 07:03 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State on Sunday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state of providing for electoral fraud in last Saturday's rescheduled presidential...

My sickness has brought me closer to God – Lord of Ajasa

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 06:59 AM PST

Veteran indigenous rapper Lord of Ajasa has said his recent ailment has brought him closer to God and made him realise money is not everything in life as health is wealth. The rapper said this while...

Blow for Madrid’s title hopes as Girona inflict shock defeat

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 06:39 AM PST

Real Madrid threw away their lead and perhaps their hopes of catching Barcelona as Girona came from behind to pull off a shock 2 - 1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. Girona had not won...

ELECTIONS POSTPONEMENT: INEC retrieves sensitive materials from LGs in Plateau

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 04:49 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Plateau has retrieved all sensitive materials earlier distributed to the 17 Local Government Areas of the state following the shift in the date...

Tension in Kaduna over Kajuru killings

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 04:41 AM PST

The reported killing of no less than 66 persons in eight settlements near Maro Gida village of Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State has created tension in communities along the Kaduna-...

Sen. Ubah demands probe into rumours of his arrest over money laundering

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 04:28 AM PST

Sen. Andy Ubah, representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Senate, has said that he was never arrested over any reason. Ubah debunked the rumour in an interview he granted newsmen in Awka...

ELECTIONS POSTPONEMENT: INEC’s reasons not convincing, says Wadada

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 04:20 AM PST

A former member, House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmed Wadada, says the reasons tendered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for postponement of the Presidential and National...

CUPP dares INEC, asks opposition parties to resume campaign for Atiku

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 04:14 AM PST

The Coalition of United Political Parties on Sunday asked member parties to shun the directive by the Independent National Electoral Commission and resume campaigns ahead of the Saturday's...

ELECTIONS POSTPONEMENT: 2019 budget, minimum wage bill to be delayed –National Assembly

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 06:59 AM PST

The National Assembly has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, stating that passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill and the New Minimum...

Nigerians count losses from polls shift

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:51 AM PST

How much could Nigeria have lost to the unexpected postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections? Although, we may never have an accurate figure, the millions of Nigerian traders,...

Nollywood Couple Trouble: Gbenro Ajibade blasts wife for abandoning baby

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 02:27 AM PST

Nollywood actor, Gbenro Ajibade has this morning taken to social media to blast his wife, Osas Ighodaro Ajibade for abandoning baby to have fun in town. The couple who seems to be enmeshed in a...

Polls shift: There were attempts to sabotage us - INEC chairman

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 02:05 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday listed sabotage of its efforts as one of the reasons for the rescheduling of this year's elections. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman...

Cardiff striker, Sala buried in Argentina

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 02:14 AM PST

Wake and burial held on Saturday with mourners, including his father, Horacio, paying their final respects to Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala in his native home of Progreso in Argentina. The...

Police arrest 3 over alleged highway robbery

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 02:05 AM PST

The police command in Enugu State has arrested three alleged highway robbers operating along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Road. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Ebere...

Poll shift painful, but we must maintain our commitment - Tinubu

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:43 AM PST

ALL Progressives Congress National Leader and Co-Chair of the party's Presidential Campaign Council, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is urging continued commitment from all voters regardless of the pain caused...

US Embassy throws weight behind EU, ECOWAS decision on new date for election

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:41 AM PST

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the joint decision reached by the European Union Polls Observation Mission and the Economic Community of West African States ...

Messi scores one of two penalty kicks to help Barcelona beat Real Valladolid

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:36 AM PST

Lionel Messi scored one penalty kick and missed another as FC Barcelona beat Real Valladolid 1-0 on Saturday to open up a seven-point lead at the top of La Liga. The Catalans played far below their...

NYSC debunks killing of 10 corps members at INEC office

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:35 AM PST

The Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Bauchi State, Afolayan James, has described as false, malicious and misleading, the rumour making the rounds on social media that 10 corps...

We worry over security of elections materials - Transparency International

Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:30 AM PST

Transparency International on Saturday expressed its disappointment with the postponement of the general elections. The leader of the group in Nigeria, Musa Rafsanjani, said the new electoral...

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