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The D-day of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assemblies elections has arrived and Nigerians are ready to vote for their preferred candidates.  Here is 6 facts you should know about the mouthwatering 2019 general Elections. 1. The 2019 general election will be the sixth Election since 1999 when the military head of state then General Abdulsalam Myhammed handed over to the civilian. 2. Independent National Electoral commission announced that the total number of registered voters is  84,004,084 that's an 18 percent increase to the numbers of registered Voters in 2015. Related News INEC Releases the Total numbers of PVCs collected in each states Seven steps of voting as released by INEC Breakdown of total numbers of registered voters in each States 3. 72 candidates are contesting for this year's presidential election that's the highest in the history of Nigeria's democracy. 4. Out of the 84,004,084 registered voters, 11,228,582 are ineligible t

Ahead of the rescheduled Presidential and National Elections, the Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, has reassured Nigerians of it commitment to conduct a free and fair Elections across the country. The INEC chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu stated during a press briefing in Abuja that the commission is 100 percent ready for Saturday's poll. Yakubu used the opportunity to further remind Nigerians that the total numbers of registered voters across the federation remains 84,004,084 and the total numbers of collected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) as at February 11, 2019 is 72,775,502. The Honourable chairman of the commission also stated that there all large numbers of registered voters who failed to collect their PVCs. The total numbers of uncollected PVCs is 11,228,582. See below the full details

Honorable minister of Works, housing and power, Babatunde Raji Fashola held the second edition of the Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) Gabfest today at City Hall in Catholic mission street, Lagos island. The BRF Gabfest which was themed "where are the jobs" had in attendance stakeholders from the public and private sectors as well as the general public. Aggrieved Nigerians on Twitter used the opportunity to taunts the Honorable minister and his party the All Progressive Congress (APC) on their failed promises to Nigerians. See below some of the tweets about the event. Ayobami Twitter › dondekojo After Promising Young Nigerians 3.2 million jobs and 740k immediate jobs, Youth unemployment increased by 263% from 3 to 13m under the APC. Now Fashola is asking us "Where are the jobs" #BRFGabFest2 E go be✌🏿 Twitter › josteez_ #BRFGabFest2 Where are the Jobs Fashola and @OfficialAPCNg? Lest N

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections,  the Federal Government of Nigeria has declared friday, February 22nd, 2019 as public holiday. The announcements was made by the honourable minister of Interior Lt. Gen. Bello Dambazau in  Abuja on Wednesday night. The holiday is to ensure that people return to their various polling units so that they can be able to vote in the reschedule Saturday's poll. However, the public holiday will exclude banks and other industries that offers essential services across the Nation. " The Federal Government declares Friday, February 22nd a work free day, those offering essential services and bankers are excluded. " " The work free day is to enable citizens return to their polling units for the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections." "Sercurity agencies has been directed to ensure the safety of lives and properties before, during and after the general elections."

INEC Chairman The Independent National Electoral commission ( INEC) has postponed the Presidential and the National Assembly elections as well as the Gubernatorial and House of Assemblies elections. The INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced the new development at a press conference in INEC headquarters in Abuja . He made the announcements at about 2:30am today, Saturday, February 16, 2019. He cited challenges on logistics as the main reason for the postponement of the general elections. Some of the States where logistics challenges occur are Ekiti and Niger states. The new date for the Presidential and National Assembly election has now been scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd 2019 and the Gubernatorial and House of Assemblies elections moved to Saturday, March 9th, 2019. See below the official letter uploaded on the electoral body website and social media pages. Photo credit:@inecnigeria

INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Ahead of tomorrow's Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released seven valid voting procedures that must be followed by the electorates. The seven voting procedures are outlined on the electoral body's website. The steps as outlined by INEC are as follows. STEP 1: Upon arrival at the Polling units, join the queue and present yourself to INEC officer APO111, at the polling unit who will whether you are at the correct polling unit and check if the photograph on the PVC matches your face. If satisfied He/she will direct you to the next INEC official (APO1). STEP 2: The official (APO1) will request for your PVC to confirm that your card is genuine and your details, using the smart card reader. He/she will ask you to place your finger on the card reader to confirm that the PVC belongs to you by ascertaining, the card reader will contains the name, photograph and finger pri

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, has released the numbers of registered voters in all the 36 states of the federation. The body responsible for the conduct of free and fair elections has released the numbers of registered voters in each states that make up the federation. INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has made it clear that the total numbers of  registered voters is 84,004,084. According to INEC, Lagos state has the highest numbers of registered voters with 6,570,291 eligible voters while Ekiti state has the lowest numbers of registered voters with 909,967 eligible electorates. The mouthwatering Presidential election and the National Assembly elections will take place on Saturday,16th of February 2019 while the Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections will take place on the 2nd of March. Below is the breakdown of  the total numbers of registered voters in each state as disclosed by the elect

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says under the N100 billion social housing scheme of the present administration, anyone who can afford N30,000 will be able to own a house. He said this at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Monday at an event tagged "A Smile for Every Nigerian" organised to commemorate the administration's second anniversary. The acting president explained that the housing scheme was part of the administration's social intervention programme that had not been mentioned. He said: "This is 100bn set aside for the Family Home Fund our Social Housing Project. The 100b is a yearly contribution to our N1trn Social Housing Fund, the largest in the history of the country. The World Bank and the African Development Bank are contributors to the Fund. From this Fund, developers will borrow 80% of the cost of project and counter fund with their own 20%. "The same fund will enable us to provide inexpensive mortgages for hundreds of thousa

Teachers may soon earn higher salaries than other workers in the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu dropped the hint while inaugurating the Governing Councils of Federal Colleges of Education in Abuja on Thursday. He said the teaching profession had ceased to be an “all-comers affairs”.  Represented by the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Gozie Anwukah, he said government had understudied the Malaysian educational system and decided to take a critical look at teaching and teacher education. He, however, sounded a note of warning that teachers across all levels must register with the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) before the end of this year or risk being sent out of the system. The minister noted that Malaysia in the quest for greatness had reorganised its educational sector for effective development of human resources to take it to the present position. He said: “What they did was to bring down the whole system and resuscitated the edu

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola was pictured receiving blessings from his aged Mother. The Governor who, recently celebrated his 60th birthday was seen receiving prayers and blessings from his aged mother. Now you guys knows the backbone and the source of the Osun state Governor's power. Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his aged Mother

-His Excellency Governor Rochas Okorocha Rejects the Appointment. The attention of the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has been drawn to the publication listing one of the daughters, Mrs. Uju Rochas Anwuka as a member of the Board of the Federal College of Education (Tech), Omoku. And it is important to swiftly state, with every sense of concern, that the governor had read about the appointment like every other Nigerian because he was never consulted or briefed on the appointment and that is why the whole thing looks suspicious. To the governor, the appointment was obviously not done in good faith. Whoever was the brain behind the appointment did so out of unbridled mischief. Otherwise, the person behind the appointment would have had the courtesy of either informing the father or the mother. The truth of the matter is that the governor’s daughter does not need the appointment. The governor has therefore asked whoever was behind the appointment to withdraw it s

Former Vice President and a chieftain of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has suggested the use of the nation’s six geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36-state structure, many of which he declared unviable. “ We must be open to changing the nature of the federating units, such as using the existing geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36 states, of which only a few are financially viable,” he said. Atiku spoke in Lagos on Sunday while accepting the Hero of Nigeria Democracy Award conferred on him by Hall of Grace Magazine. http://www.olufamous.com/2017/05/abolish-36-states-adopt-6-geo-political.html?m#=1 In a paper entitled, "Building a nation that works: My Diary and Way Forward", the former vice president, however, added that political decentralization must be accompanied by economic diversification. He said: “We need to diversify our economy away from the dependence on oil. We need to

The 82 chibok girls recently received from the hands of the deadly terriost group, Boko Haram finally met with the family for the first time since they were kidnapped in 2014. The girls reunites with their parents and other members of their family on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Abuja. The young girls and their families wept profusely as they embraced each other.

According to NAN, Adams Oshiomhole's wife Lara Oshiomhole and 334 others has been granted Citizenship by the Federal government of Nigeria. The certificate of citizenship was presented to the 335 recipients by the minister of interior Retired Lt-gen Abdul rahman Dambazua, the Minister urged the Foreigners to be good Ambassador of Nigeria. He also disclosed that 245 of the approved Foreigners were granted citizenship by Nationalization while the remaining 90 were by registration.

Nigerian Lawmaker from Kaduna state Yusuf Bala has stated that the health issue of President Muhammadu Buhari wouldn't stop him from being electable or stop the denizens of Nigeria from voting for him in 2019 general election. The House of Representatives member urged the citizens of Nigeria to re-elect President Buhari for second term in 2019. Bala said if president Muhammadu Buhari is elected for second term, he would consolidate on his achievements in office so far. "As long as president is alive and healthy, let him contest and continue with the good work he started. Otherwise, we will have a problem in the country. "It is sustainability that matters. He has a lot of initiatives, but people might not feel the impact immediately, if he has the opportunity to continue, the impact will be felt by Nigerians, so, I am In support of him seeking a second term. "I am going to support his relection if he decides to continue. And I will give him maximum support

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has launched a free public WI-FI Internet service, as part of the activities to mark 50 years of Lagos State existence. The Governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Olufemi Odubiyi, unveiled the facility, with partnership with Onemedia cable yesterday Thursday, May 11, 2017. Odubiyi, revealed that virtually all parks in lagos state would have the free WI-FI Internet access facility. The Governor also state that the provision of free WI-FI Internet access facility was part of the efforts of his Administration to Make Lagos State a smart state.

Orji Uzor Kalu was a former Governor of Abia state from 1999 to 2007. He also ran for presidency in 2007.

One Ibrahim Abubakar Ladaja has declared his intention to become the president of Nigeria in 2019. The 34 year old Billionaire told Naij his ambitions and believed he Is not too young to contest for presidency. The Billionaire, who lives abroad said the first three things he would addressed as the president of Nigeria are firstly Educational system, secondly improve economy and fight corruption and lastly, he said he would make certain that everyone equal and fair treatment in the country. See the Billionaire pictures below