The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the 2019 general elections timetable and schedule of activities.

The electoral umpire says Presidential and National Assembly primaries will begin on August 18 while campaigns will commence on November 18, 2018.

Campaigns for the governorship and state assembly are scheduled to commence on December 1, 2018.

Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16th, 2019, while the governorship, state assembly and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory will take place on March 2, 2019.