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                                                                INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced dates for 2019 general elections. In a statement on Thursday, the electoral commission said it was making the announcements well ahead “in order to ensure certainty in our dates for elections, and to allow for proper planning by the Commission, political parties, security agencies, “To that extent, the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, 16th February 2019, while the Governorship/State Assembly/Federal Capital Territory Area Council Elections will hold on Saturday 2nd March 2019.” The commission also announced that 23 of its electoral officers being prosecuted for various electoral offences would be placed on half salary and would not report for duty pending ...

Veteran Nollywood actor, Prince James Uche is dead. Uche, who has been down with kidney disease, passed away on Wednesday. Nollywood producer and scriptwriter, Chidi Nwokeabia confirmed the incident. He told Nation that the deceased actor was billed to travel to India this Friday to commence treatment for his protracted illness. “I got calls from Torino and Sunny Mc Don earlier today that he died this morning few hours after securing a visa to India to commence his kidney transplant. “He was to be accompanied on the trip by his son, doctor and the donor,” Nwokeabia said. The actor, who had been in the hospital for about a year and seven months, required about N3 million to pay his hospital bill and N11 million for kidney transplant and eye surgery in India MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE