2019

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE on the socio-economic situation in the North, President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance and the forthcoming 2019 elections You were one of those who…

While many Nigerians have given a scornful and sour stare at the president for declaring his interest to contest in 2019 for a reelection, NIGERIA NEWS have gathered ample information indicating that the old man may perhaps win the…

Following the recent declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in the 2019 elections, some bigwigs in the ruling All Progressives Congress, whose presidential ambitions have been threatened by the President’s move, have…

The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would seek a second term in office next year. And naturally so. Desire by any President, whether positive or negative,…

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says electronic voting will not be used in 2019. Prof. Yakubu said this in Abuja on Wednesday at the end opening of a three-day International…

Former Minister of Information, Tony Momoh, has lambasted ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying his eight years in power as a democratic leader was a disaster. Mr. Momoh, who was the national chairman of the defunct Congress for…

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, has revealed why people of the South East must support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. Nwosu, a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives…

The constituents of Senator Murray Ben-Bruce in Bayelsa East, yesterday said the ‘common sense’ senator did not deserve re-election in 2019. The constituents lamented their alleged poor representation by Ben Bruce and asked him to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he declared his intentions to run for another term in office on Monday, April 9, 2018, during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He…

A political group, Atiku Abubakar Grassroots Ambassadors of Nigeria has said there is nothing strange about President Mohammadu Buhari’s decision to run for a second term in office. The group’s National President, Mr Ferguson Okpala,…

Multiple music award winner, Innocent Idibia, has announced his entrant into politics. He, however, did not reveal under which political platform and at what level he would be seeking to actualise his political aspiration. Idibia…

Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo cannot stop President Muhammadu Buhari from winning in 2019. Speaking in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday, Shittu described Buhari’s…

Kano State Government says it welcomes with satisfaction, the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest election in 2019. This was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, youth…

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to seek reelection in 2019 would mark the end of Nigeria’s existence as a nation. Buhari had on Monday…

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he would support President Muhammadu Buhari in his re-election bid if he (the president) canvassed for his support. Pastor Bakare spoke in an…

An Islamic group, the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has warned politicians in Nigeria not to turn the country into a ‘battleground’ as the 2019 general election draws closer. The group, in a statement obviously directed…

Leaders of Nigeria’s ruling party and those of the opposition parties reacted differently to President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on re-election on Monday. Mr Buhari told a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of…

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 election, saying the country does not need him (Buhari) in 2019. Mr Fayose, who gave his reaction on Monday while…

Many youth in Kano jubilated on Monday after the news broke that President Muhammadu Buhari would be seeking another term. According to NAN, some of the youth expressed optimism that Buhari would be able to complete the development…

There are two options for those in contention for the presidency in 2019: run, or run away. Now that President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated his intention to run, dwarfs trying to wear a giant’s shoes should simply run away. The cat…

When two elephants fight, they say, the grass suffers aptly describes the scenario playing out in the house of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the person at the center of it all is none other than its…

President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the national executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he will be seeking a second term in office. The information was tweeted by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state,…

Omoyele Sowore, 2019 presidential aspirant and founder of online news platform, Saharareporters, has described Nigeria as a sick nation under the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. He gave this verdict during a…

Pastor Tunde Bakare has declared that God is preparing a messiah from the North who will possess the capacity to deliver Nigeria from its challenges. The former running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2011 general elections…