2019

The Labour Party, on Sunday joined Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Lagos. This development was confirmed to journalists by the spokesperson for Lagos ADP, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, at the party’s state secretariat. Adelaja said it…

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, leaders of the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), also called Third Force, yesterday, said they are poised to take the country away from current political office holders who they have accused of…

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has defied the “no entry” statement of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, as his Peace Advocacy Tour moved to Ekiti on Sunday. Mr Kalu said the statement credited to Mr. Fayose that he…

Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder and spiritual leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, says there would be dire consequences if Senate president Bukola Saraki refused to contest for presidency in 2019. Primate Ayodele revealed…

A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari will win the 2019 presidential election if he re-contests despite the series of attacks from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and…

President Muhammadu Buhari hasn’t formally announced that he’ll be seeking re-election ahead of the 2019 election. However, he’s been dropping hints all over the place. Here are the 7 men Buhari will be counting on when he finally…

*Declares to run for second term *says APC governors have reached consensus on reversal of tenure elongation Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Friday warned President Muhammadu Buhari that he faced possible legal…

Buhari Volunteers Movement, (BVM), says the misrule and impunity which characterized the 16 years the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was in power in Nigeria and for which the current leadership of the now opposition party recently…

A political group, the Northern Alternative Forum, NAF has said President Muhammadu Buhari is the only candidate fit to represent the northern region in the 2019 presidential race. The group said it has, therefore, declared support for…

Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, says it will be “one of the greatest miracles” if Nigeria pulls through the 2019 elections successfully. Kukah said this in an interview published in the April edition of The Africa…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday commenced the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for the second quarter of 2018 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The exercise commenced at the Karu centre at…

The Alake of Egbaland, Adedotun Gbadebo, says President Muhammadu Buhari deserves to be re-elected to enable him consolidate on the policies and programmes he has initiated to transform the country. Mr Gbadebo stated this when a…

Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate for the 2019 election, says even while sleeping, he can do better than President Muhammadu Buhari. On Tuesday, hundreds of his supporters and members of the…

A member of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Alhaji Nasiru Danu has asked Nigerians to continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari saying the statements credited to former President…

Nigerian Lawyer, Festus Keyamo has reacted to reports of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo berating President Buhari who he called a failure and further warned Nigerians not to elect in 2019 election. In series of tweets. Festus Keyamo…

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday denied reports that he will contest the 2019 presidential election. Mr. Saraki, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said report making the rounds that he will…

The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has split into two factions in the South-East geopolitical zone. In separate meetings the two factions held in Enugu, weekend, the two factions accused each other of promoting political mischief.…

A former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has declared that he is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The ex-Governor maintained that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, being championed by former…

Unknown to many, the failed attempt to foist a Caretaker Committee on the All Progressives Congress (APC) was actually aimed at creating legal crisis for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 and edge him out of the presidential election.…

Security chiefs in the country have raised the alarm over “evil designs” by some groups in the country to disrupt the 2019 elections. They said this during an interactive session with some media practitioners, in Abuja, on Thursday,…

Professor Mahmud Yakub, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission said up to 80 political parties may be on the ballot in Nigeria’s 2019 election. According to him, INEC had received over 100 additional applications for…

Is he seeking to strengthen his political base ahead of 2019 like a certain former Vice-President, or just making his social media debut? Time has never been more ripe, in both instances. Speculations have been flying around since…

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has asked the Igbo to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. But he says they should first “go for confession, seek forgiveness” and join APC where they will have a chance of…

A former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday said that three million Nigerians have registered with the Coalition Movement of Nigeria (CMN) formed to effect political change in the nation ahead of 2019.He called citizens…