Another Final Report of International Observers Condemn 2019 Election
Nigeria’s 2019 general elections “fell significantly” short of the standards set in 2015, the joint Nigeria International Election Observation Mission of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) said in its final report on the elections. The United States-based organisations released their joint report on Tuesday in Abuja. The Nigerian Presidency said it welcomed the report with “reservations”. It rejected the groups’ criticism of the removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, ahead of the polls. This final report builds on the findings and recommendations of three pre-election assessment missions in July 2018, September
Unconfirmed Document Revealed INEC Proposed 5.7bn For Servers In 2019 Election’s Budget
An unconfirmed document obtained by Starnews has revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) budgeted the sum of 5.7 billion naira for nation wide replacement of servers, e-collation, upgrade of server version and for National Data centre. The unconfirmed document sighted by Starnews revealed that the electoral body budgeted #5,767,642,580.00 for E-tracking and E-collation while the breakdown shows that 1,157,850,000 was proposed for replacement of servers for 25 States, #99,750,000 for upgrade of server version of open VR for compatibility with new dell server. Starnews reports that INEC had denied the existence of such server in its reply filed on
2019 Election: Facebook Closes Pro-Buhari Accounts Allegedly Used To Scam Nigerians
Facebook has closed some accounts allegedly set up by an Israeli firm named Archimedes, which were used to dent the image of Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and boosting the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, Associated Press reports. The report by United States think tank, Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, which analyses misinformation online, said some sample posts removed from Facebook appeared to praise President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress and smear his leading opponent, Atiku. Many of the pages and accounts were discovered to be linked to a Tel Aviv-based political consulting and
I Can’t Recognise Buhari As Winner of 2019 Election – Afenifere Leader, Ayo Adebanjo
* Your Utterance Treasonable, May Plunge Nigeria Into War – NDF * I’m Ready To Go To Prison, Ayo Adebanjo Replies FG Chief Ayo Adebanjo, elder statesman and one of the leaders of Afenifere, has dared the Federal Government to arrest him over his statement that he would not recognise President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential election until proven by the courts. Adebanjo, in an interview published by Daily Independent, had described the 2019 presidential election as a farce, saying he could not recognise Buhari – who was declared winner of the election – as president-elect.
We’ll Replicate Feat Recorded In Osun, Ekiti During 2019 Election — IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris said, yesterday, that the Nigerian police is prepared to replicate the feat it recorded at the Ekiti and Osun States Governorship elections in the forthcoming 2019 general elections. The Vanguard reported that the IGP made this known at a two-day train the trainers’ workshop for senior police officers on election security management for the 2019 general elections in Abuja. Represented by the Commissioner of the Police Training College, Maiduguri, Reuben Akpan, the IGP said: ‘‘This workshop is coming at the right time, it came at the right time. With the inputs from
2019 Polls: Senate Makes U-turn On Source of Funding INEC Budget
The Senate on Wednesday made a U-turn on the source of funding for the budgets of the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to conduct the 2019 general elections. While the National Assembly had earlier approved N242,245,050,100 from only the Special Intervention Programme under the Service Wide Votes of the Presidency, half of the money will now be taken from the 2018 budgets of ministries, departments and agencies. The move by the legislature followed the adoption of a motion by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Danjuma Goje, and 18 unnamed others. Moving the motion, Goje
INEC Publishes 2019 Election Notices In Lagos
As part of its preparations for the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State on Friday published the notice of elections at its state office, INEC Local Government offices, and state Registration Areas. INEC gave this directive in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mr. Femi Akinbiyi. “The action is in accordance with the approved deadline for the conduct of the 2019 general elections, as contained in Section 30 of the Electoral Act,’’ Akinbiyi said. The Electoral Act states that: “The Commission shall, not later than 90 days before the day appointed for holding of an
