Onyirioha Nnamdi

With the approach of the 2019 general elections and the beginning of campaigns by political parties, Nigerians have been urged by an ex-naval officer, Monde Umo, to ask politicians how they intend to carry out their promises.

Three suspects, Julius Anyanwu, Kenneth Ezeonu and George Agu, were on Monday, November 18, arrested and arraigned by the police command in Lagos for allegedly impersonating President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha.

Not less than four staff members of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an auto-accident along the Ajaokuta-Lokoja Road in the evening of Saturday, November 17.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, November 18, kick-started his campaign for the much-awaited 2019 election at the State House, Abuja. INEC has also declared the exercise open for both presidential and NASS candidates.

Amos Olayinka, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain on Sunday, November 18, revealed that the opposition lost Lagos state in 2015 due to internal rift. However, Olayinka expressed certainty of victory for the PDP come 2019.

The Kano state fire service, through its spokesperson, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, on Sunday, November 18, announced that not less than 77 shops were destroyed by a fire outbreak at the famous Kasuwar Kurmi (‘Yan Gumama) market.