Tag Archives: 2019 Election

China on Wednesday congratulated Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election as President of Nigeria. Nigeria is China’s strategic partner of cooperation in Africa Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily news conference in Beijing. “China always attaches high importance to bilateral ties and stands ready to work with the new Nigerian government to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various …

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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos- Nigeria has tasked journalists and other relevant stakeholders on safety consciousness in the performance of key institutional roles as the re-scheduled presidential and national Assembly elections holds on Saturday. IPC Director, Mr. Lanre Arogundade sounded this caution in the light of the emerging accusations and counter accusations by political actors and other players in …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal has advised officers of the command to be neutral and discharge their duties responsibly in the forthcoming elections. Edgal stated this during an unscheduled visit to the officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command at the Squad’s parade ground in Alausa. The …

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Nigerian Journalists have been asked to uphold professional ethics as they prepare to cover the 2019 general elections. The call was made by Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, Professor Muyiwa Popoola at a recent training for Journalists drawn from the South West geopolitical zone. Organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) and …

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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, warned that the conduct of the forthcoming 2019 general elections must not be less credible than the one conducted in 2015. Saraki said this in a goodwill message he delivered at the 2018 Democracy Day Lecture held in Abuja. He warned Nigerians against taking the nation’s democracy for granted. The Speaker …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday, said Lagos resident should prove with the 2019 general elections that given their population, there can be an “election census” and define where Nigeria’s population lies. Ambode made this charge at the Second Quarter 2018 Town Hall Meeting, held at the Apapa Amusement Park,stresing it would help to “correct the anomaly in distribution of resources.” …

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2019 General Election: Niger PDP Zones Governorship Seat to Niger North Senatorial Destrict Olabode Adaramola ‎ The Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) has said that it has zoned the Gubernatorial seat to the Niger North Senatorial District, the same district where the incumbent state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) …

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