The Emir of Maradun in Zamfara, Alhaji Garba Tambari, says some traditional rulers across the country have resolved to ensure the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. Tambari stated this when he fielded questions from newsmen after paying a condolence visit to President Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, on Sunday. According […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a statement released on Sunday, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to deceive Nigerians ahead of the 2019 general election. A restructuring committee set up by the APC had, among other things, recommended that Nigeria should employ the use of state police. Although the federal government […]
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Ibrahim Babangida’s spokesman, Prince Kazeem Afegbua has insisted that the former military president authorised authorised the statement issued urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to stand for election in 2019. Mr. Afegbua said this in a television interview on Sunday, on the tail of a denial by Babangida and his issuance of another watered down statement. “I […]
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Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to imitate former President Goodluck Jonathan by conceding is if he loses in 2019. Speaking at the UK parliament, where he delivered a lecture titled ‘African Politics: The Dynamics and Lessons,’ Ekweremadu advised Buhari to be conscious of the fact that Nigeria is playing pivotal and […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the continuous voters registration will be suspended 60 days to the commencement of the next general elections scheduled for February 2019 due to a change in electoral law. The commission made this announcement in a statement on Wednessday by Solomon Soyebi, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and […]
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Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged Ikwere youths to take advantage of continuous voters’ registration, saying that if the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the 2019 elections, it will “go home and rest”. Speaking during a reception organised for him as grand patron of Ikwerre Youth Movement (IYM) in Rivers state, Amaechi said the general […]
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Nigeria’s minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu, has disclosed that the campaign for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 has commenced and said that the south-west campaign office would be inaugurated on January 20. Shittu also disclosed that he had been appointed the national chairman of the board of trustees of ‘Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday vowed to win Lagos governorship election in 2019. The state Publicity Secretary, PDP, Taofeek Gani announced it in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. “We will shock the All Progressives Congress (APC) by winning the governorship election in Lagos in 2019,’’ Gani said. According to him, 2019 […]
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Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has described the decision to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency as a means by the APC-led federal government to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019. “For posterity sake, I wish to place it on record that I was not among […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to a speculation that he may be picked by President Muhammadu Buhari as his running mate in 2019, saying a report to that effect by SUN newspaper is a “classic case of utterly and irredeemably-fake news”. Mr. Tinubu said he and the […]
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