Nigeria Political news

• Breaking: INEC to shift Saturday’s elections

  15-02-2019 23:21
  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may likely postpone tomorrows presidential and national assembly’s elections.
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• House panel announces emergency declaration probe in letter to Trump

  15-02-2019 22:51
  A key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Friday it was launching an immediate investigation into President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, saying his move to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border raised constitutional and statutory issues.
  
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• APC plot to rig tomorrow’s elections foiled

  15-02-2019 22:26
  The People rsquo;s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Presidential election billed for 16th February,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm that the Managing Director of Activate Technologies Limited, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa , whose compan ...
  
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• White House spokeswoman Sanders says she was interviewed in Russia probe

  15-02-2019 21:41
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Friday she had been interviewed by the special counsel investigating Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
  
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• Trump puts on a few pounds, enters obese range: medical report

  15-02-2019 21:19
  U.S. President Donald Trump has gained weight over the past year and is now in the obese range, although he remains in "very good health overall," according to results of an annual presidential physical examination conducted last week.
  
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• Philadelphia beats U.S. appeal in sanctuary city case

  15-02-2019 21:02
  A federal appeals court said on Friday the Trump administration cannot cut off grants to Philadelphia for its refusal to cooperate with immigration authorities seeking to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.
  
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• After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism

  15-02-2019 20:46
  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism on Friday, maintaining his harsh rhetoric against Tehran just a day he attacked European powers for trying to undermine U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
  
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• Trump, in proclamation, says military help needed due to 'gravity' of emergency

  15-02-2019 20:17
  President Donald Trump, in a proclamation on Friday declaring an emergency at the U.S. border with Mexico, said he need to call upon the military for assistance "because of the gravity of the current emergency situation."
  
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• Trump makes his case for Nobel Peace Prize, complains he'll never get it

  15-02-2019 19:53
  U.S. President Donald Trump made the case on Friday that he deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on North Korea and Syria, but complained he probably would never get the honor.
  
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• We ‘ll resist attempt to provide security for Akume alone – Ortom

  15-02-2019 19:13
  Rose Ejembi, Makurdi
  Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has vowed that he would resist any attempt by the Federal government to provide special security to the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Senator George Akume, during the general elections.
  He maintained that he wouldn’t have problems with the Federal government sending more security to the state provided the security would be for everybody irrespective of party but that if it was only for Sen. Akume, he wou
  
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• Breaking: I’ve not fled Nigeria, still around to cast my vote – Obasanjo 

  15-02-2019 19:00
  Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has dismissed as untrue a rumour that he has fled  the country in order not to participate in casting his vote during Tomorrow’s general elections.
  Continue reading Breaking: I’ve not fled Nigeria, still around to cast my vote – Obasanjo  at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• White House eyes $8 billion in overall wall funds from emergency: official

  15-02-2019 18:58
  The Trump administration has identified roughly $8 billion in U.S. government funds that President Donald Trump could tap to pay for work this year on his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall under a national emergency, a top U.S. White House official said on Friday.
  
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• Nobody ‘ll unseat me, President Buhari boasts in CNN interview

  15-02-2019 18:21
  Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
  President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that nobody will unseat him in Saturday’s election.
  The President, who spoke exclusively CNN Africa aired on Friday, also dismissed suggestions that he lacks the stamina to run the country for another four years.
  When asked if he was scared that he could be defeated the way he defeated former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, Buhari replied: “No. Nobody would unseat me. I am ready to take this country forward fo
  
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• Breaking: Terrorists invade Ebonyi, plant explosives on bridges, two arrested

  15-02-2019 18:10
  Abakaliki-GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi state, Friday, stated that two persons were arrested for allegedly planting explosives at Idembia bridge in Ezza South local government area of the state.
  Continue reading Breaking: Terrorists invade Ebonyi, plant explosives on bridges, two arrested at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Breaking: 66 killed in Kaduna on election Eve

  15-02-2019 17:51
  The Kaduna state government, Friday evening, disclosed that 66 persons were killed by unknown gunmen in Kajuru local government of Kaduna state, less than twenty four hours to the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
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• Anybody can have Specimen ballot papers before election, Its not crime – INEC

  15-02-2019 17:45
  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has, Friday, corrected the notion in some quarters that being in possession of Specimen ballot papers before election is not legal.
  Continue reading Anybody can have Specimen ballot papers before election, Its not crime– INEC at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Breaking: US Secretary of state, Michael Pompeo phones Atiku over election

  15-02-2019 14:50
  Barely 48 hours after the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, called the Nigerian President and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, on phone to wish Nigeria and Nigerians well ahead of tomorrow’s general elections, the United States’ secretary of state, Michael Pompeo, has equally put through a call to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to affirm the international community’s comm
  
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• Breaking: IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu calls off election boycott

  15-02-2019 13:10
  The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has called off the election boycott order he had issues his supporters in the South East.
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• Nothing will stop Atiku from winning presidential election: Prophet Daniel, who predicted Trump victory

  15-02-2019 11:57
  Prophet Okechukwu Daniel Udoka is not a regular Christian given the grace he claims to have to foresee events, especially such that affect the political life of the people and the world. In this exclusive interview with O'STAR EZE, he details the...
  
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• Breaking: Onnoghen pleads not guilty to charges, gets bail on self recognition

  15-02-2019 11:48
  ABUJA---The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday,  pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge the Federal Government levelled against him. 
  Continue reading Breaking: Onnoghen pleads not guilty to charges, gets bail on self recognition at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• UPDATE: Onnoghen refuses Umar’s seat

  15-02-2019 11:47
  The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has refused to sit down on the seat provided by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar.
  Continue reading UPDATE: Onnoghen refuses Umar’s seat at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Number of PVCs exceeds total registered voters in Oyo

  15-02-2019 11:46
  The number of Permanent Voter Cards in Oyo State is 28,539 higher than the number of registered voters in the state, The PUNCH has learnt.While the aggregate of available PVCs is 2,962,646, the number of registered voters stands at 2,934,1 ...
  
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• Court upholds Chimaroke Nnamani as PDP candidate for Enugu East

  15-02-2019 11:46
  The Federal High Court in Enugu, dismisses suit seeking to disqualify Senator Chimaroke Nnamani from contesting the February 16, election JUSTICE Buba Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to di ...
  
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• APC Vow To Tackle PDP's Rigging Tactics

  15-02-2019 08:42
  The spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Delta state, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, said the party would resist any attempt by the Peoples39; Democratic Party (PDP), to rig the forthcoming elections in the...
  
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• Niger: 2.17 million to vote

  15-02-2019 08:06
  For the 2019 polls, 2.17 million of the 2.39 registered voters are eligible to vote in Niger State.
  Continue reading Niger: 2.17 million to vote at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• 1,788,706 PVCs distributed in Adamawa

  15-02-2019 07:45
  YOLA The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has put the number of collected PVCS in Adamawa State at 1,788,706 while 184,377 PVCs were not collected, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Kassim Gaidam, has disclosed.
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• 2019 Presidential elections: What data tells us could happen

  15-02-2019 07:34
  By Sodiq Ajala, Mayowa Adeniran, Fumilayo Ishola, Alexander Onukwue
  When Professor Attahiru Jega announced the official results of the 2015 presidential election, a majority of Nigerians jubilated.  Not convinced, many skeptics imagined what could happen should the incumbent government refuse to accept the outcome. A national uproar was possible but, thankfully, did not materialize. President Goodluck Jonathan graciously conceded, passed the baton to Muhammadu Buhari, and made way in the Vi
  
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• Taraba indigenes take delivery of 1,733,479 PVCs – INEC

  15-02-2019 07:28
  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that 1,733,479 are eligible to vote in the 2019 general polls in Taraba State. This represents the number of people who collected their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in the state after the February 11 deadline.
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• Polls: We ‘re apolitical, won’t molest, intimidate you – security agencies

  15-02-2019 07:15
  ABUJA—THE Nigerian Military, intelligence and security agencies, yesterday, reiterated their neutrality in the general elections, insisting that they will remain apolitical in their engagements in the general elections.
  Continue reading Polls: We ‘re apolitical, won’t molest, intimidate you – security agencies at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• 1,733,479 PVCs collected In Taraba – INEC

  15-02-2019 06:59
  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said a total of  1,733,479 Permanent Voter Cards,  PVCs have been collected by electorates ahead of Saturday's election in Taraba state.
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• Nigeria’s presidential candidates almost size of Zambian Parliament, says Banda

  15-02-2019 06:21
  ABUJA: A former President of Zambia, Rupia Banda has expressed shock at the number of candidates for Saturday’s Presidential election in Nigeria, saying the figure of 73 candidates nears the total number of the Zambian Parliament.
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• Clinton: I wish Nigeria well

  15-02-2019 06:10
  Former United States President Bill Clinton has wished Nigeria well ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
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• 3,187,988 people eligible to vote in Katsina – REC

  15-02-2019 06:01
  KATSINA - The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner of Katsina State, Jibril Ibrahim Zarewa, said 3,187,988 Permanent Voters Card, PVCs were distributed in the state.
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• AGF, Oshiomhole write INEC, want Zamfara APC candidates recognised

  15-02-2019 05:44
  ABUJA—Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, have written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asking it to accept candidates of the APC for various offices in Zamfara State.
  Continue reading AGF, Oshiomhole write INEC, want Zamfara APC candidates recognised at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Re-list us, or no polls in Rivers – APC candidates

  15-02-2019 05:37
  PORT HARCOURT:—Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 elections in Rivers State have said they will not allow elections to hold in the state if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, does not relist them in the ballot for the general election.
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• 15,000 security personnel for Edo election

  15-02-2019 05:21
  BENIN CITY - A total of 15,000 security personnel made up of the police, army, airforce, prisons, department of state security, civil defence, immigration and road safety would be deployed to all the nook and cranny of Edo state.
  Continue reading 15,000 security personnel for Edo election at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Buhari Campaign slams US, others over stance on polls

  15-02-2019 05:15
  ABUJA—The Muhammadu Buhari Campaign, yesterday, strongly denounced what it claimed were explicit acts of interference by the United States and some other western powers in the country’s democratic process, saying their perspectives had become clouded with bias.
  Continue reading Buhari Campaign slams US, others over stance on polls at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• #NigeriaDecides: How to stop rigging on Saturday ― Goodluck Jonathan

  15-02-2019 05:09
  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to come out massively for tomorrow’s polls saying that a high voter turnout is the best anti-dote to rigging
  Continue reading #NigeriaDecides: How to stop rigging on Saturday ― Goodluck Jonathan at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• Go, vote without fear, Buhari charges Nigerians

  15-02-2019 05:00
  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured Nigerians of adequate security and urged them to turn out en mass for the general polls beginning with the Presidential and National Assembly elections tomorrow.
  Continue reading Go, vote without fear, Buhari charges Nigerians at Vanguard News Nigeria.
  
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• South Africa deploys 30 observers for polls

  15-02-2019 04:58
  Romanus Ugwu Abuja and Noah Ebije, Kaduna
  The Electoral  Institute of South Africa (EISA) has deployed no fewer than 30 observers across the country, ahead of  tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
  Leader of EISA observation team and former president of Zambia, Rupia Banda, made the disclosure when the delegation paid a courtesy visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Abuja, yesterday.
  Banda,  hinged the mission of the delegation
  
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• Plateau: Osinbajo urges pastors to pray for peaceful elections 

  15-02-2019 04:57
  Gyang Bere, Jos
  Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has admonished pastors across interdenominational churches, in Plateau State, to pray and fast for a free, fair and peaceful Presidential and National Assembly elections,  tomorrow.
  He noted that God saved his life during the recent plane crash to enable him contribute in taking Nigeria to the next level.
  Osinbajo spoke, yesterday, in Jos, during a special day of prayer for the general election, organised by the Christian Association of Nige
  
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• APC plans to scuttle Kaduna polls –PDP

  15-02-2019 04:54
  Noah Ebije, Kaduna
  Kaduna State chapter of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of socio-political move to scuttle the general elections.
  Addressing a press conference, yesterday, at the PDP secretariat, the state chairman of the party, Felix Hassan Hyat, alleged that one of the APC’s plans was to disobey court order over some pending matters affecting some communities and personalities in the state.
  When contacted on pho
  
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• PDP cautions INEC against declaration of false result in Delta

  15-02-2019 04:52
  Paul Osuyi, Asaba
  DELTA State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against declaration of false result for the National Assembly for Isoko Federal constituency.
  Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, is flying the flag of PDP while a former chairman of the state’s board of internal revenue, Joel Onowakpor, is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
  The PDP, in a statement in Asaba
  
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• Wike alleges plot by Amaechi, others to bomb INEC offices, disrupt polls

  15-02-2019 04:44
  Tony John, Port Harcourt
  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has has alleged a plot by his predecessor, Chibuike Amaechi, in collaboration with ‘unpatriotic military and police officers’ to bomb the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices and  disrupt the peaceful conduct of the elections in the state. 
  Governor Wike also declared today as public holiday for Rivers people to pray for God’s intervention in ensuring that the elections are peac
  
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