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2019: We will not allow Buhari deceive us again – Igbo group blows hot
A social-political organisation, Igboezue International, Thursday, vowed that it would resist every attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to deceive people of the zone again.…
Osun guber: Fani-Kayode reveals aspirant he is supporting
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has announced that he is rooting for Senator Ademola Adeleke ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary this Saturday.
In a tweet on Thursday, Fani-Kayode expressed…
APC plotting to oust seven PDP govs through rigging – Ishaku
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Thursday raised the alarm over alleged plans by the All Progressives Congress to rig the 2019 elections so as to oust him and six other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Ishaku raised the…
PHOTOS: Jibrin leads pro-Buhari lawmakers to Aso Rock
Abdulmumin Jibrin, a lawmaker from Kano state, led members of the Parliamentary Support Group to the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday.
The group is in support of the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The president…
Don’t Defect, Buhari Urges Saraki
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday made deft moves to avert an impending exodus of its bigwigs to the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The peace initiative, THISDAY gathered, was being…
2019: PDP’s presidential candidate may emerge September 30
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2019 general election may emerge on September 30, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday.
A preliminary timetable for the party’s primaries, which was prepared by the national leadership…
2019 polls: Police, civil defence demand N317m to feed dogs, horses
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will need N310m to feed and administer drugs to dogs that will be deployed in states for the 2019 elections.
The Nigeria Police Force will also require N7m to feed 50 horses that would be used…
JUST IN: PDP threatens to boycott 2019 poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to boycott the 2019 general election if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies do not show neutrality during the exercise.
Uche Secondus, chairman…
2019: Let us adopt Voting By SMS – Ben Bruce
The Senator representing Bayelsa East in the Senate, Ben Murray-Bruce, has recommended a new pattern of voting ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The lawmaker wondered why Nigerians cannot vote by text since there are over 100…
Ekiti guber: Politicians took vote-buying to higher dimension – Lawyer
Mr Wale Ogunade, a constitutional lawyer and President, Voters Awareness Initiative, on says that Politicians took the act of vote-buying in Ekiti gubernatorial election to a higher dimension.
Ogunade told newsmen on Thursday in…
Governor Ortom makes U-turn after meeting APC chair Oshiomhole
Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom may have shelved his decision to leave his ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, following a trouble-shooting meeting he had with the National Chairman of the party, Comrades Adams Oshiomhole, Thursday…
INEC extends voter registration time to weekends, public holidays
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the inclusion of weekends and public holidays as word days of its personnel in ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
It, however, stated that the…
CONFIRMED: Saraki, Tambuwal And Co. To Dump APC Next Week
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal are in their final days in the All Progressives Congress (APC), as SaharaReporters understands their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be sealed…
Osun Election: APC postpones governorship primary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the postponement of its Osun State governorship primary election initially scheduled to take place on Thursday due to “unforeseen development.”
According to a statement signed by the…
PHOTOS: Saraki, three APC governors meet PDP leaders in Ilorin
Senate President Bukola Saraki; Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto; Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; and Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara; met with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ilorin on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s…
PDP leaders meet Tambuwal, Ahmed ahead of defection
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, and Abdufatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara, in Ilorin on Wednesday.
The governors who were elected on the platform of the All…
Suspected thugs attack ex-CBN Deputy Governor, Adebayo Adelabu, loyalists
Suspected political thugs, Tuesday, launched an attack on the convoy of former Deputy Governor (Operations) of Central Bank of Nigeria, Chief Adebayo Adelabu in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Adelabu, who recently resigned from the…
2019: Buhari has right of first refusal — APC
As political parties gear up for their presidential primaries slated for between August and October 2018, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said, yesterday, that the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, has the right of first…
Osun: 12 APC aspirants reject direct primary
Twelve of the aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC party, all from Osun West, yesterday, rejected direct primary option to elect the party’s candidate.
Among the nine aspirants present at the conference where the…
I swear I’ll defeat Boko Haram if I’m elected president – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has promised to end the Boko Harman insurgency if elected president.
Speaking in Maiduguri, Borno state capital on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant said he has…
Direct primary’ll deepen democracy – Tinubu
All Progressives Congress stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has hailed the direct primary option to pick the party’s governorship candidate in Osun state.
He described the decision of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to…
2019: Why Igbo may ignore PDP, R-APC, others to vote for Buhari – APGA member, Ezeonwuka
Rommy Ezeonwuka, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Board of Trustees, BoT, has said any political alignment that does not give people of the South East the Presidential slot in 2023 will not stand.
Ezeonwuka said…
Buhari transmits 2019 election budget to Senate
Nigeria will need N254 billion (N254,445,322,600) to prosecute the 2019 general election, a letter sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate has indicated. The letter sought the approval of the sum which will be drawn from the…
APC wades into Ortom, Akume rift, summons them to Abuja
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reportedly summoned Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, and George Akume, a former governor of the state, to Abuja for an “urgent meeting”.
Ortom and Akume are the two…