JUST IN: We may suspend 2019 General Elections – INEC (REASONS)

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has hinted that the 2019 general elections may be suspended following threats of violence by some politicians in the country.

PoliticsNGR gathered that INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this comment on Tuesday while reacting to some disturbing videos of Political campaigns on Social media with some politicians threatening to shed blood.

No card reader in electoral bill – Presidency

The Presidency on Monday said the card reader was not included in the latest Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, which President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to.

Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

Appeal Court halts arrest of INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, has stopped the warrant of arrest issued against the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, by Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court.

A 3-man panel led by Justice Abdul Aboki suspended the enforcement of the arrest warrant in a ruling it delivered today, Monday August 13th. Professor Mahmood had filed an appeal before the court, asking that the warrant of arrest issued last week, by Justice Pam, be set aside.

Over 20,000 security personnel for Ekiti guber poll – CP

The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Bello Ahmed, Friday revealed that over 20,000 security personnel would be deployed for the gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, scheduled for 14th July, 2018.

Ahmed disclosed this while briefing journalists after the quarterly meeting with security agencies which was held behind closed doors at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abuja.

Donald Duke officially declares to run for president in 2019

Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke has joined a long list of aspirants trying to become president in 2019. The 57-year-old made the announcement in Enugu on Friday, June 8, 2018, without disclosing the platform he’ll use to contest.

Senate Asks INEC To Announce June 12, 1993 Election Results

The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the results of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.

The lawmakers made the demand on Thursday during plenary at the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Gunmen Burn Down INEC Office In Rivers

As the June 16 local government election in Rivers State approaches, gunmen on Friday burnt down the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RISEC) in Bori, the headquarters of Khana local government area.

2019 Election:! We Can't Give You Our Votes– Nigerian Tells Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday, were he officially declared his intention to run for president in 2019 on the Platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. This comes four months after dumping the All Progressives Congress. Atiku took to his Twitter handle to say that he was amazed to see how much work Governor Wike has done, he wrote;

I didn’t speak with anyone on Buhari’s certificate – Maurice Iwu

Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission Professor Maurice Iwu annouces the results of the presidential election in Abuja 23 April 2007. Ruling party candidate Umaru Yar'Adua won Nigeria's presidential election Monday, even as foreign observers slammed the credibility of the disputed poll that claimed at least 200 lives. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, has denied ever speaking with any newsman on the controversial certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Iwu, in a statement on Thursday, said he was baffled to have been told that he was quoted by an online medium, Igbere TV, as having confirmed that Buhari possesses no certificate.