The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released the timetable for political parties to conduct their primaries in preparation for the 2019 general elections. See the details below.
• COLLECTION OF FORMS FOR POLITICAL PARTIES FOR ALL ELECTIONS TO BE ISSUED TO CANDIDATES
*17TH AUGUST TO 24TH AUGUST 2018.*
• CONDUCT OF PARTY PRIMARIES INCLUDING RESOLUTION OF DISPUTE ARISING FROM PRIMARIES.
*18TH AUGUST ENDS 07TH OCTOBER 2018.*
• COMMENCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN BY POLITICAL PARTIES FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*18TH NOVEMBER 2018*
• COMMENCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN BY POLITICAL PARTIES FOR GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*01ST DECEMBER 2018.*
• LAST DAY OF SUBMISSION OF FORMS CF001 AND CF002 AT INEC HQ (FOR ALL ELECTIONS)
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*18TH OCTOBER 2018.*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*02ND NOVEMBER 2018.*
• PUBLICATIONS OF PERSONAL PARTICULARS OF CANDIDATES (CF001)
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*25TH OCTOBER 2018*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*09TH NOVEMBER 2018.*
• LAST DAY OF WITHDRAWAL BY CANDIDATES/REPLACEMENT BY POLITICAL PARTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*17TH NOVEMBER 2018*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*01ST DECEMBER 2018.*
• LAST DAY OF SUBMISSION OF NOMINATION FORMS BY POLITICAL PARTIES.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*03RD DECEMBER 2018*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*17TH DECEMBER 2018.*
• SUBMISSION OF NAMES OF PARTY AGENTS FOR ELECTION TO ELECTORIAL OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL GOVT AREAS.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*01ST FEBRUARY 2019*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*16TH FEBRUARY 2019.*
• LAST DAY OF CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*14TH FEBRUARY 2019*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*28TH FEBRUARY 2109.*
• DATE OF ELECTIONS.
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
*16TH FEBRUARY 2019*
• GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
*28TH FEBRUARY 2019.*
• INEC releases 2019 election time table, fixes party Primaries for August 18 2018 (for presidential and national assembly elections) and October 17 2018 for governorship and state assembly elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday had a closed door meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In attendance at the meeting which was intended to review the security situation in the country were the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen.Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadiq.
Also in attendance were Director- General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; the Director- General of the Department of State Services, Lawan Daura, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
According to a statement issued by the Defence Minister after the meeting, the service chiefs asked for more equipment to enhance their operations.
A huge crowd of supporters gathered at the Sokoto State Government House on Wednesday as Governor Aminu Tambuwal announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The governor however announced his defection via twitter.
I have consulted widely especially with the Sokoto people and they have confidently assured me of my next political move . I hereby defect officially to the
@ OfficialPDPNig .
Power to the People
~ @AWTambuwal
— Sokoto Government House (@ SokotoGovtHouse) August 1 , 2018.
Photo credit: Sokoto Government House @ SokotoGovtHouse
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, appealed to God to guide the Buhari administration “through the interesting times Nigeria is currently passing through.”
The minister made the appeal on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while saying the opening prayer at this week's session of the Federal Executive Council meeting.
The gale of defections blowing against the ruling All Progressives Congress continued on Tuesday and Wednesday as Senate President Bukola Saraki, Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa , Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto and Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal left the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Recall that 14 Senators and 37 members of the House of Representatives had two weeks ago also defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
These are certainly trying times for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
In the wake of the gale of defections that has hit the party, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi has tendered his resignation letter to the party leadership.
Abdullahi disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday.
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