The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Balarabe Suleiman, says that security agencies operating in the state have opened a joint security control room for the general elections.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo Osinbajo, will exercise their franchise in the 2019 presidential election at the Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos on Saturday.

Abia state, South-East Nigeria is a stronghold of the PDP. With Governor Okezie Ikpeazu seeking a fresh four years mandate, the odds are clearly in Atiku’s favour.

Ahead of the Presidential/National Assembly elections today, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A  Adamu, has ordered a water-tight and robust security arrangement in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

It is no longer news that at about   2:43am last Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC announced the postponement of the 2019 general elections, citing challenges bothering on logistics.

To say that Imo State is definitely going to be the political hotbed of the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, may not be far from the glaring reality on ground.

Today, we recall the interview Festus Okoye, INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee Chairman granted us and published on Saturday, December 29. Considering what has played out in the last one week, we find it pertinent to serve this again. Okoye who is also INEC Commissioner in charge of South East spoke about three weeks after President Buhari failed to assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill on the grounds that it was too close to the 2019 elections. Okoye maintained that it was not late and that INEC was ready to implement the bill if passed into law. Refresh your memories with these excerpts from the interview with our BEN AGANDE

THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, may have rescinded its call on the people of the South East to boycott this year’s general elections, but its effect will definitely affect today’s voting strength

The Police Command in Enugu State has debunked a social media rumour of a bomb explosion within Enugu metropolis on Friday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday dismissed an allegation by Peoples Democratic Party that it was hoarding some election materials.

Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Makurdi, Mr. Johnson Babalola has cautioned banks and bureau de change operators against aiding and abetting vote buying during the 2019 polls in the state.

he Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Cross River state office on Friday night announced the delisting of the names of all candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, including the governorship, Senatorial, Federal House of Representatives as well as the state House of assembly candidates.

AHEAD of Saturday’s presidential election, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said it’s attention has been drawn to alleged invasion of towns and villages in Igbo hinterlands of by innumerable soldiers.

Traffic hold up stretched, Friday evening, for over two kilometres along Nike-Nsukka road as prospective voters moved into the rural areas to cast their votes on Saturday’s Presidential election.

The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mohammed Adamu, on Friday in Abuja said the suspects arrested in connection with the killings in Kwara and Kano states had nothing to do with their political parties’ affiliations.