The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has said that the 2019 general elections would not affect the board’s 2019/2020 examination. He made this remark while fielding questions from journalists shortly after delivering the 2018…
We won’t take side in Nigeria’s 2019 elections – US (DailyTrust)
The United States Government has said that it will not take side in the Nigeria’s 2019 general election, saying it wants the winner to be elected in a free and fair contest. “And we will do all we can to…
INEC to re-design polling units to curb vote buying (Guardian)
Mustapha Lecky, the South-South Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the commission would redesign the structures of all polling units to curb vote buying during the 2019 general election. Lecky disclosed this Monday in an interview with the News…
2019: APC accuses INEC of leaking sensitive information (Vanguard)
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of leaking to the public, a letter written by its National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. It added that the commission had been divulging sensitive official exchanges to the…
2019 Election: Woman feigns pregnant to beat INEC delay in issuing PVCs (Vanguard)
A lady, Ms Gerald Ehi Isabella Onuh has taken to her face book page to narrate how she was able to get her PVC within 10 hours. She said she disguised as a pregnant woman and the process which would have…
INEC denies budgeting N6bn to feed Police (Guardian)
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission Friday denied reports it budgeted six billion Naira to feed the Police during next year’s elections. The 2019 general elections budget of N189.2bn is subject to approval by the National Assembly and has been pending…
2019: APC denies setting date for primaries (PremiumTimes)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied releasing dates for its primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. Several reports claimed the ruling party had released its timetable for the primaries. “APC PRIMARIES TO HOLD AS FOLLOWS: State House of…
Saraki responsible for delay, tension in INEC’s plan for 2019 election- Buhari
The Nigeria presidency Sunday night blamed the delay in submitting the supplementary budget, containing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) estimates for the 2019 general election, to the National Assembly on the late passage of the 2018 budget by the…
Why we can”t postpone 2019 elections — INEC (DailyTrust)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not postpone the 2019 general elections because of the delay in the passage of its budget. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarifications while fielding questions from State House correspondents on…
‘No budgetary allocation for International Observers’ (Nation)
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmud, on Friday in Abuja, reiterated that the commission had no prepared budgetary allocation for international observers coming to monitor 2019 general elections. Mahmud made this known to State House correspondents…