The Leadership said that Nigerian voters will on Saturday return to the polling units across the country to elect 29 state governors and lawmakers in the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly as well as Area Council Chairmen in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja.
The Punch said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that it would not issue Certificates of Return to candidates in places where its officials were held hostage or forced to declare winners under duress in the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday.
The Sun reported that the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed Senator Ayogu Eze as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in tomorrow’s governorship election in Enugu State.
ThisDay said that ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, the Nigerian Air Force has deployed fighter planes and attack helicopters in some potential flashpoints across the country.
The Guardian reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have agreed to cooperate, under the inter-agency framework, to strengthen the country’s fight against economic crimes.
The Nation said President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders would meet after the governorship polls to decide the zoning formula for sharing power at the National Assembly.
The Tribune reported that with Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly election just hours away, the Nigerian Army has discovered plans by some politicians to truncate the election by perpetrating acts like bombings, assassinations and using the social media for smear campaigns, hate speeches and spreading fake news.