CHAIRMAN of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, directed that some new ballot papers be printed locally between today and tomorrow to address the problem of missing party logos in some states.

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said that the postponement of the National Assembly election had exposed the rigging strategies of the ruling People’s Democratic Party PDP.

Army authorities yesterday reminded its personnel and officers that severe disciplinary measures will be taken against any of them who violate the code of conduct of their participation in provision of security for the general elections rescheduled to start on Saturday, April 9th.

COMMOTION broke out at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters in Asaba, yesterday, when a group of vigilant youths almost lynched a female staff of the Commission for allegedly escaping with thumb-printed ballot papers. She was stripped in the process.

Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Alhaji Idi Farouk, has appealed to Nigerians not to feel discouraged over the postponement of April general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, even as the commission has assured the nation of its readiness to conduct credible elections in spite of balloting in some states before the postponement of the National Assembly election on April 2.