February 20, 2019 -

FG Declares Friday Public Holiday, Excludes Bankers

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The Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. The Nation reports that the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Bello Dambazau (rtd), made the declaration on behalf of the government. The Ministry of Interior in a statement issued on Wednesday night by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina Ehuriah, however, excluded bankers and those offering essential services across the nation. “The Federal Government declares Friday, February 22, 2019 as work-free day. Those providing…

Polls: We Are Good to Go, INEC Chair Assures Nigerians

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is ready to conduct the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, having completed 100 per cent reconfiguration of the Smart Card Readers (SCRs). This Day reports that the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while addressing a press conference Wednesday to update the people on the preparedness of the commission. According to him, “We have achieved 100 per cent configuration of the Smart Cards Readers. At this point we are good to go. Full deployment…

2019 General Elections: Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai’s Full Speech To Army Commanders At The AHQ Conference Room, Abuja, Wednesday, February 20, 2019

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Protocol You are all welcome to this expanded weekly meeting which has in attendance, not only Principal Staff Officers and Directors, but also GOCs and selected field commanders. You will all recall that just 2 weeks ago, we all met here for an Operations Conference that was held to strategize on the NA’s roles during the 2019 General Elections, which was earlier planned to commence from 16 Feb 19. Unfortunately, the election did not hold as planned and has been postponed to hold on 23 Feb 19 and 9 Mar…

2019 Elections : Voters State Implications of Presidential, National Assembly’s Elections Postponement

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU Following the postponement of the President and National Assembly from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23, 2019, some voters have examined the implications of the development on the polity. Those that contributed to the post-postponement discussion on THE IMPACT WhatsApp platform adduced many likely effects that the development may cause among which are heightening of Nigerians distrust for the electoral process, apathy, untoward hardship on political parties and candidates and economic and social loss to Nigerians whose businesses and social activities were grounded by the elections among others. Some…

Elections Postponement: Ikorodu Electorate React

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU Electorate in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have joined thousands of others across the country in reacting to the postponement of the 2019 General Elections on the eve of the initially scheduled date by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with mixed feelings. While some were of the opinion that the electoral umpire postponed the elections based on good reasons, others said the body has was no tangible justification for its action while some others were of the opinion that INEC was not ready to conduct…