2019 elections

There was heated exchange between Nigeria’s communication minister, Adebayo Shittu, and a presidential aspirant, Omoyele Sowore, on a public affairs radio programme in Ibadan on Saturday. Mr Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, was in Ibadan in continuation of his campaign efforts. He arrived...

The Opposition party, PDP has warned citizens of Nigeria against reelecting Buhari in 2019. PDP National Chairman, Secondus who disclosed this during a rally in Katsina today added that Nigeria cannot endure another difficult four years under Buhari Also speaking at the rally, a PDP presidential...

A pro-democracy group, the Northern Alternative Forum, NAF, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari remained the best presidential candidate from the region ahead of the general 2019 elections. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the National Chairman of NAF, Mallam Gidado Ibrahim said no amount...

President Muhammad Buhari and a delegation of the All Progressives Congress governors had another meeting again today in Aso-rock. PoliticsNGR learnt that the meeting was over the crisis plaguing the party of the fate of the John Oyegun led-National working committee, NWC of the party. The...

International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, a nongovernmental organization has said there is nothing to show by the federal government, 36 states, the FCT and the 774 local government areas for the sum of $724billion or N140.8trillion they budgeted in the past 16 years. The...

Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, the battle to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress has taken another dimension as a political party, Alliance for New Nigeria, ANN, yesterday joined forces with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and others to campaign...

Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, with headquarters in Lagos State, has warned the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not to support President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s presidential election. Ayodele, speaking at the...

A group, Lagos Women for Akinwumi Ambode (LAWAA) has endorsed Governor Akinwumi Ambode for a second term. Speaking at a rally held in Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Idiat Adebule assured the women that they would continue to get the best from … Read more via Welcome...

The Coalition for Nigeria Movement led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Nigerians to be wary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as it has corrupted security agencies ahead of the 2019 general elections. It said the statement by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen...

Ibrahim Mantu, a former deputy senate president, has confessed that he helped his party — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — rig elections in the past. Mantu said this when he was being interviewed by Maupe Ogun-Yusuf of Channels Television. He said he helped the party rig the elections by...

A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, Mr. Sunny Onuesoke, has said the All Progressives Congress will collapse before the 2019 general elections following recent happenings in the party. Onuesoke, who is also a leader of the PDP, said the APC had...

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, Tuesday flagged off his 2019 campaign consultation in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Waziri Adamawa intends to run on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The event, which took place at the Banquet Hall of the Rivers State...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday led other top government officials elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress to a meeting of the party’s national caucus. The meeting was held at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. National chairman of the party...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said that the National Caucus meeting of the party held on Monday, was “to conclude the agenda we started last time which we didn’t conclude”. Oyegun stated this when he spoke with journalists after the...

The leadership of the factional All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has narrated how its Chairman, Alhaji Danladi Wada was abducted and forced to sign documents before being released. The APC’s factional chairman who was reported missing last Saturday by his family members, was found...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to give 40 per cent of appointments in his cabinet to youths, if he wins the 2019 presidential election. Atiku made the pledge yesterday at the inauguration of the national and state executives of a pro Atiku group, Intellectual Think-Tank for...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state, Okey Adiaso, has said that there is no alternative candidate to President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential election. Adiaso reacting to statement made by a northern group led by Ango Abdullahi against the present...

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, said the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, has recorded over three million membership, ahead of the 2019 general elections. He disclosed this at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, while fielding questions from women at the...

Godiya Akwashiki, the Deputy Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has declared his intention to contest in the 2019 governorship election in the state. The lawmaker, who represents Nasarawa-Eggon West constituency at the state assembly, on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC)...

GoFundMe has lifted all restrictions on Omoyele Sowore’s ‘Take Back Nigeria Movement’ fundraising appeal, roughly 24 hours after suspending the campaign for undisclosed reasons. The account was restored after its creator, Mr. Sowore, escalated a complaint to executives of the fundraising...