By AFPMore by this AuthorABUJA,Nigeria's electoral watchdog on Saturday postponed presidential and parliamentary elections for one week, just hours before polls were due to open. Governorship and state assembly elections will be pushed back to March 9, Mr Yakubu said. PRESSURENigeria postponed voting just one week before it was due to be held at the last election in 2015, citing security concerns linked to the Boko Haram insurgency. The six-week delay was seen as a way for president Goodluck Jonathan to claw back votes after a strong challenge from Mr Buhari, then an opposition candidate. Mr Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) said at the time that Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were trying to scupper the vote.

Source: Daily Nation February 16, 2019 02:48 UTC