The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced the postponement of the elections in some parts of Lagos, Rivers and Anambra States following disruption of the exercise due to violence.

Awka – Police have confirmed the release of the abducted member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Indiokolo community in Orumba area of Anambra as electoral ad hoc staff. 

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Two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state, Chief Mowan Etete and Ignatius, have been shot dead by suspected thugs.

UNPRECEDENTED crowd overwhelmed the ad-hoc staff recruited by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the presidential and national assembly elections in many centres in Abuja. 

The moment President Buhari was observing his wife while casting her vote this morning at their polling station in Daura, Katsina State . #nigeriadecides2019

ABUJA: Deputy National Publicity of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Yekini Nabena, has asked some western countries led by the United States of America, USA, United Kingdom, UK, and countries of the European Union, EU, to focus on their internal contradictions and challenges and allow Nigerians manage their electoral process.  Yekini Nabena

Stakeholders across the country, yesterday, expressed strong reservation and, sometimes, condemnation over the shift      of the presidential andNational Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.  Buhari-Atiku  Interestingly, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, and their campaign support groups, in separate reactions, accused the election management body of working in cahoots with either of the two major political parties. 

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to remain committed and not allow the election postponement deter them from exercising their rights on Feb. 23. Tinubu made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos by his Media Officer, Mr Tunde Rahman.  Presidential and National Assembly elections slated for Feb. 16 were shifted till Feb. 23 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, hours to the commencement of the polls.  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu 

The police command in Enugu State has arrested three suspected highway robbers operating along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Road. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement issued on Sunday that the suspects were arrested on Feb. 15 at about 8p.m.