Ebun Francis U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday made phone calls to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the opposition…
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I haven’t fled Nigeria —Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday said he has not fled Nigeria, contrary to a social media report that he had travelled out of the county ahead of the presidential…
Read More I haven’t fled Nigeria —ObasanjoUS Secretary of state, Michael Pompeo phones Atiku over election
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, spoke with Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Friday. The Wazirin Adamawa made the disclosure on Twitter. He…
Read More US Secretary of state, Michael Pompeo phones Atiku over electionZamfara: Yari insists APC must take part in elections
A faction of the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara State loyal to the governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission must include the party in the…
Read More Zamfara: Yari insists APC must take part in electionsThugs arrested in Kwara ahead of elections —INEC
Some thugs have been arrested ahead of Saturday elections in Kwara State, revealed Garba Madami, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. Madami disclosed this during a press conference on how the commission was preparing for the Saturday elections. He said the raid on the thugs by the law enforcement agents was an action that would continue during and after the elections. Madami said, “I got reports that we raided areas where thugs are hiding in Kwara. The action will continue during and after elections because we have another election coming up on the 2nd of March, and we need to take these thugs off the streets becaus All electoral staff needed for the exercise had been sourced as directed by the INEC headquarters, he said. “I must state here and categorically that ballot papers have been dispatched in the full glare of political party agents, security agencies and the gentlemen of the press to all the local government area offices,” Madami said. He also said that a total of 2,887 smart card readers had been upgraded, fully charged and deployed to the fields with necessary contingency. “By and large therefore, I can say without mincing words that we are ready for the elections,” he said.
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