The Police Command in Ogun on Thursday warned the residents to avoid any form of hooliganism and violence that might distort the conduct of governorship and House of Assembly elections slated for Saturday.

Nigeria’s Air Force has deployed NAF aircraft, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms to various flash points in support of other security agencies to ensure peaceful elections on Saturday.

In the aftermath of reports by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC that 63 of its Smart Card Readers were stolen during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Bayelsa state, a national officer of the All Progressives Congress APC, Yekini Nabena has asked relevant agencies to hold Governor Seriake Dickson and the People Democratic Party PDP leaders in the state responsible for the theft.

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has doused the tension over the rumoured premeditated attacks to be carried out by the power-that-be at the state during the coming Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Ogun state.

Enugu State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to boycott Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections if the Independent National Electoral Commission,  INEC, failed to produce result sheets for the election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday said it would conduct House of Representatives supplementary elections in six federal constituencies alongside the Saturday governorship and state legislative elections.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, said yesterday that the Nigerian Army is in possession of intelligence showing that some politicians are planning to use mercenaries for acts of assassinations, using farmers/herders clashes as well as ethnic militias to perpetrate violence and bombings during the March 9 governorship/state Houses of Assembly elections.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday night decried what it described as the the on-going mass arrest and detention of its leaders and members in South South states of Rivers, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states by the Nigerian military ahead of the March 9, 2019 governorship and state assembly elections.

AHEAD this Saturday governorship election in the country, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has appealed to security agents to ensure that the votes of Imo people counts, alleging that governor Rochas Okorocha has perfected plans to unleash mayhem on APC members during the exercise.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians especially those of voting age to make the forthcoming governorship and house of assembly elections better than the presidential and National Assembly polls.

Lagos National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday urged party members in Lagos State to work assiduously to deliver votes to the party on March 9, during the governorship and state assembly elections.

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently addressing the nation on the March 9, 2019, Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections.

The acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has deployed Seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) to the six geo-political zones across the Country.

The family heads in Ibadan land, under the banner of Authentic Mogajis yesterday queried the interest of the former governor of Lagos State and the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the gubernatorial election of Oyo state. 

Mr Ayodeji Adu, a Special Assistant on Local Government Affairs under the Ayo Fayose administration in Ekiti, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC).