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Consequently, he said the presidential and National Assembly elections had been moved to February 23, 2019. The governorship and state assembly elections were also moved by one week to March 9, 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally confirmed the postponement of the 2019 presidential election previous scheduled to hold today. SaharaReporters had reported the postponement  late on Friday evening, although it was still unofficial at the time. Briefing newsmen beginning from 2:43am, Professor Mahmud Yakubu said "proceeding with the election as scheduled is no longer feasible". Consequently, he said the presidential and National Assembly elections had been moved to February 23, 2019. The governorship and state assembly elections were also moved by one week to March 9, 2019.

BREAKING: INEC speaks on postponement of Saturday’s presidential, national assembly elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked reports that the body was planning to postpone Saturday’s elections. residential and National Assembly elections are scheduled to hold in few hours. National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity at INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, told DAILY POST Friday night that Nigerians should ignore the rumours. His words: “If stories are flying about, allow the stories to fly. What they are reporting is not true.” Asked to respond to information that INEC commissioners were in a meeting, Okoye said: “Yes we are in a meeting but we have not taken such decision. “This is election period and as commissioners, we meet every time”. eanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said his camp had  foiled a plan to rig the polls  in favour of the All Progressives Congres...

NEWS INEC Releases Photos Of Sample Ballot Boxes For 2019 Elections The ballot boxes are in different colours, with the descriptions of the offices to be voted. The ballot for presidential votes is red, that of the Senate is black, while that of the House of Reps is green. All the three elections are taking place on February 16. For the next batch election scheduled for March 2, the ballot box for governorship election is red, while that of state House of Assembly election is black. The two elections take place on the same day. This information was contained in a tweet via INEC’s verified Twitter handle.

Just In : Man wants to sue his parents for giving birth to him 'without his consent' as part of 'anti-natalist' movement that says having children is morally wrong. Raphael Samuel, 27, has compared having children to 'kidnapping and slavery'. This Indian man is angry at his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. Raphael Samuel from Mumbai, India, he’d compare having children to “slavery” and “kidnapping”,  Metro  reports. “I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure,” Raphael argues. “My life’s been amazing, but I don’t see why I should put another life through the rigmarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn’t ask to exist,” he says of having children of his own. The 27-year-old, who’s part of the anti-natalist philosophy which encourages people worldwide to stop procreating, says it’s wrong to put a child through life for the pleasure of it...

Martin Luther King Jr., a man who embodied the U.S. civil rights movement, was assassinated more than 50 years ago on April 4, 1968. Here are some key facts about his life. Early life Martin Luther King Jr. was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Martin Luther King Sr., a prominent local preacher and civil rights leader, and Alberta King, a former schoolteacher. King says he first became conscious of racism at age 6, when a white friend’s father wouldn’t allow his son from playing with him. Organizing protests King rose to prominence in the mid-1950s when as a young preacher he led the successful drive to desegregate public buses in Montgomery, Alabama, forcing the city to end its practice of segregating black passengers. He organized protests throughout the 1950s and 1960s against Southern segregation in the struggle for black equality and voting rights. FILE - Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights marchers cross the Edmund Pettus B...