THE Nigerian Army alleged, yesterday, that some unpatriotic people were sabotaging the efforts of the military in its ongoing war against Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, warning that it would no longer tolerate such.

THE campaign teams of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were at each other’s throats, yesterday, over allegations of corruption and need to clear their names.

There are fresh fears that owing to pressures from some quarters on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its Electoral Guidelines being prepared may suffer fidelity as two critical elements, among others, that would guarantee the integrity of the 2019 General Elections may not be included in the manual.

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, yesterday,  threw his weights behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the state, following persistent attacks which have claimed many lives in the state.

The Federal Government has said the persistent attacks on residents of Zamfara State by bandits will affect food security in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has, again, said he remains committed to free, fair, credible and violence-free elections in 2019, saying ‘my word is my bond’.

THE  exchange of words between the campaign teams of President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenger over the 2019 Federal Government budget assumed another dimension, yesterday.

THE crises ravaging the All Progressives Congress, APC, across some states appear to be eating into President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election campaign.

Amid revenue shortfall pressures, the Federal Government intends to introduce new taxes in the fiscal year 2019 as part of its efforts to boost revenue.

President Muhammudu Buhari, yesterday, presented the 2019 budget proposal of N8.83 trillion to the National Assembly.

Less than two weeks to the end of the year, Director-General of the Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze, has said that the nation is facing financial challenges, with the Federal Government budgeted Independent Revenue performing at a mere 36 per cent, as of  September.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has taken on Amnesty International, over its report entitled ‘Harvest of Deaths,’ documenting an upsurge in violence across the country.

DISTURBED by the incidents of vote-buying that tainted recent elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its readiness to collaborate with the security agencies to stop the emerging trend.

As campaigns for next year’s general elections intensify, the major political parties and the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC have been trading accusations and counter accusations on alleged plans to rig the elections. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said  yesterday that the move by the electoral commission to create polling centers in Internally Displaced Persons’, IDP’s, camps in the northern part of the country was a plot hatched by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in connivance with INEC to rig the general elections.

The Federal Government, yesterday, told Nigerians not to blame it for the poor electricity supply across the country.