The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has promised to create three million jobs every year if he is elected as president in the 2019 election. This is one of the key points in the policy document released by the PDP flagbearer today (Sunday), which details a seven-year timeline in which […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he spent between N200 million and N400 million in each of 30 states on the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. The senate president said this while addressing members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state. The audio was first posted by blogger, Kayode Ogundamisi, on his […]
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The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says it is less likely for President Muhammadu Buhari to be defeated in the 2019 election. The organaisation said this in a report it released on the forthcoming general election. USIP said the report is based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors. The report, which analysed […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it received nominations from 79 political parties for the 2019 presidential election and 6,352 for the National Assembly. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on update on the implementation of activities for the 2019 general elections. The breakdown of the […]
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Ebenezer Babatope, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, said the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar would win the 2019 election. Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, said he was confident that Atiku would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari to return PDP to power. Buhari had defeated former President, Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says 40 percent of his cabinet will be made up of women and youths. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar also said his policy document for Nigeria, if he wins the 2019 election, is ready. “Nigeria under Buhari is now the world HQ for extreme poverty. If we […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria needs a president who understands the economy. He said this on Tuesday at the Foursquare Gospel Church annual public lecture in Lagos. The former president quoted the words of his friend, Helmut Schmidt, a former chancellor of Germany, who said if the people in Africa have to make […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the names of 24 governorship candidates for the 2019 elections. Yekini Nabena, national publicity secretary of the party, released the list in a statement on Friday. He said the national working committee (NWC) gave its approval during a meeting on Thursday. “Following the Governorship Primaries of the All […]
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Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the results being circulated as the outcome of the parallel Imo governorship primaries are fake. Two factions of the APC conducted primaries in Imo. Uche Nwosu was declared winner of one primary while Hope Uzodinma emerged victorious in the other exercise. Oshiohmole spoke on […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians in the diaspora that his administration has done well in the areas of security, economy and anti-corruption. Buhari, who stated this during an interactive session with a select group of Nigerian professionals based in the United States and Canada, said his administration had delivered within the available resources. The […]
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