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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made a demand for an immediate halt to the ongoing collation of results by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available...

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has decried the attack on a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Brass, Bayelsa State, yesterday, Sunday, 24th February, 2019 and has ordered for the immediate arrest, comprehensive investigation and...

The acclaimed global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and it’s leadership in a press statement issued on Monday 25th February has condemned in its entirety certain alleged utterances and anti-Igbo sentiment emanating from certain quarters in Yoruba...

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN Aguda House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, FCT Dear Friend, Thank you for the opportunity to write to you at this important time. The news of the postponement of 2019 Presidential and National Assembly polls came as a...

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubair Muazu, mni, has called on eligible voters in the state to come out en masse on Saturday to vote in the Presidential and National Assembly election. The CP in a press statement...

SEE FULL MESSAGE OF THE NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2019 Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year’s general elections. 2. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow,...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to refrain himself from acts or actions that will suggest in any way that the military has become an arm of a political party....

As we go into the General Election, starting on the 23 February 2019, let us reflect deeply on the way to go for our country Nigeria. In the General Election of 1999, after the long military rule, PDP won the...

President Muhammadu Buhari who is also the presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC) political party has expressed total disappointment in the sudden shift of the date of election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In his fresh...

CORRUPTION THREATENS NIGERIA – AND ITS ELECTION by Muhammadu Buhari On February 16th, Nigeria will hold a general election. Four years ago, the country experienced its first democratic transfer of power to the opposition since 1999. The vote in a...