Jonathan vows to deal with trouble makers, enjoins politicians to accept election results

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all Nigerians to come out en masse on saturday and vote for the candidate of their choices in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.

In a nationwide broadcast friday morning, President Jonathan assured Nigerians that all necesary steps have been taken to ensure the safety of Nigerians as they discharge their civic responsibilities.

The president warned that government will not tolerate any attempt by any individual or group to take laws in to their hands as security agencies have been directed to ensure peace before, during and after the elections.

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2015 general elections: Elections Like No Other

No two elections are alike, but the 2015 general elections would defy compartmentalisation in more ways. We have two presidential candidates who have clawed their ways into the consciousness of an electorate that thought it had seen it all.

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Steps On How To Vote According To INEC (Video Show Voting process) - Politics

Steps On How To Vote According To INEC (Video Show Voting process) - Politics

ACCREDITATION

• Polling units will be open from 8 am.

• Polling units will open at 8 am for Accreditation and close at 1.00pm

• Voting starts 1:30 pm.

• You must vote in the same Polling Unit you completed your Voter Registration.

HOW VOTER CAN VERIFY REGISTRATION

• A voter is expected to check the register of voters to ascertain that his name is included.
• That his name was correctly spelt and written.
• This is done when the register is displayed for inspection.

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OPC Uncovers Plot by Ex-militants In Military Uniforms To Attack Opposition – APC

OPC Uncovers Plot by Ex-militants In Military Uniforms To Attack Opposition – APC

 

The All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants, now wear fake police and army uniforms in order to unleash mayhem on the opposition and disrupt voting, especially in the South-West without hindrance.

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DSS Uncovers Plot To Announce Election Results Before INEC

DSS Uncovers Plot To Announce Election Results Before INEC

The Department of State Service (DSS) has uncovered plans by some persons to announce election results ahead of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, warning Nigerians and international observers to disregard any such announcement.

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Polls: Security beef up in Delta

Security has been beefed up in Delta State, ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly elections. 

 

Police officers and other security operatives were seen in strategic positions, perhaps to forestall breakdown of law and order before, during and after the elections. 

 

Contacted on the security beef up in the state, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Akali, said 11,000 police officers have been deployed in the state for the elections.

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