SPORT: Nigeria Plays Friendly with Uganda Today

After qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Super Eagles of Nigeria will slug it out with the Cranes of Uganda in a friendly game billed for today being Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

The game comes after Nigeria’s 1-1 draw away at South Africa which guaranteed them a top-two finish in Group E of the AFCON 2019 qualifiers.

The game will be played at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, the Delta State capital, and would be played at 4:00pm Nigerian time.

It's noteworthy that the two teams have qualified for the 2019 AFCON to be hosted in Cameroon.

Rostrum Sport crew gathered that the city of Asaba is already filled to the brim as at the time of filing this report.

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POLITICS: Buhari Launches Re-election Campaign As INEC Lifts Ban

President Muhammadu Buhari on 18th November 2018 graciously launched his reelection bid campaign, following the Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC's) lifting of ban on campaigns for Presidential and National Assembly (NASS) polls.

The Nigeria's number one citizen whose running mate remains the country's Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo appealed to politicians to go about their 2019 election campaigns peacefully.

The event which took place at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja on Sunday. witnessed the launching of the re-election “campaign manual/next level document”.

“I am not unmindful of the fact that the National Assembly and the presidential campaign starts today, I will implore candidates to go about the campaigns peacefully and decently,” the president said.

 

“We have no other country than Nigeria , let us not set it ablaze because of politics,” he added.

It's noteworthy  that based on the official time table of the electoral commission, INEC, campaigns for the presidential and national assembly elections started on Sunday, November 18, 2018 across Nigeria ahead of the scheduled February 16, 2019 elections.

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POLITICS: INEC Opens Window for Political Campaigns on Presidential, NASS Polls

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria has lifted ban on campaign for 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections slated for February 16, 2019, hence directed all contesting political parties to begin their campaigns from Sunday, 18th November 2018.

This is in line with the Electoral Act stipulation that mandates all political campaigns to commence 90 days before the slated date for the election.

A statement by Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, INEC director of Voter Education and Publicity, on Saturday in Abuja said that political parties who fielded candidates for both elections would commence campaigns across the country.

Mr. Osaze-Uzzi said that the commencement of campaigns was in line with the Timetable and Schedule of Activities issued by the INEC.

He added that it was also in accordance with Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) which provides that “the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and end 24 hours prior to that day”.

“Political Parties are expected to conduct their activities in an organized and peaceful manner, devoid of rancor, hate and/or inflammatory speeches.”

He further reminded political parties and their candidates that campaigns for governorship and state houses of assembly would commence on December 1, 2018.