2019 elections

A former Chief of Army Staff, Theophilus Danjuma, said former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, manipulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice, Atiku Abubakar, “to drive a wedge” between the two in the first term of their administration between 1999 and 2003. Mr Danjuma said...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has attacked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, saying that he (the Vice President) has displayed executive recklessness and abuse of office. He made the statement in an open letter titled “Point for Concern and Action” which he distributed to journalists at a press...

The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lanre Issa-Onilu, reacting to the suspension of the Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha said it should be appreciated that as a party it could query a sitting governor and recommend him for suspension. Imo APC Caretaker Committee had recently...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the guidelines for this year’s general election. The commission released the guidelines on Monday, introducing new changes in the electoral process. Among the changes is the simultaneous conduct of the accreditation and voting...

Thousands of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Kaiama, Kaiama local government area of Kwara state have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The defectors led by the former deputy speaker of the Kwara state House of Assembly, Hon Mohammed Suka-Baba, formally...

There is serious confusion in the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Sunday over an audio, where the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, allegedly criticised President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi is the director-general of the APC Presidential Campaign Council. It was gathered...

As Saraki tells Buhari to quit “now” Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has promised to reward the 11 aspirants who contested the sole ticket with him, if he is elected President of Nigeria … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2EeoUtb … --...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said he has reviewed his stance on not backing his former deputy for the presidency of Nigeria. Mr. Obasanjo spoke when Atiku Abubakar and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party visited him at his Abeokuta home. He said he believed Atiku … Read...

I am currently listening to Rev. Mbaka's live message today titled 'disaster is coming'. Here are some excerpts from the message..... 1.President Buhari,a former coup plotter has no reason not to stop the ongoing killings in the country.He has no reason to not have identified the killers...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the 2019 general elections will be costing about 242.4 billion Naira. The President said this on Tuesday in a letter sent to the National Assembly, seeking that the funds be drawn from the 2018 and 2019 budgets. READ MORE HERE

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has disowned the statement issued by a Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters announcing the appointment of a former Borno governor, Ali Sheriff, as the Director-General of Buhari 2019...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as well as other nPDP members to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2019 elections. Bauchi state PDP spokesman, Alhaji Yayanuwa Zainabari...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday met in Abuja. READ MORE HERE

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Friday stormed the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and asked the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to conduct transparent presidential primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections. READ MORE HERE

Governor Abiola Ajimobi has said he will not support the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, in his bid to succeed him as governor of Oyo State. The governor said this during an exclusive interview with the Channels Television’s programme, Roadmap 2019, … Read more via Channels...

The chairman of the South East governors’ forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi has said he can never allow other political parties to penetrate the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Umahi made this known while addressing stakeholders and members of the Ebonyi state house of …...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its guidelines for 2019 presidential primary election was not yet ready. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobundu, on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Akobundu said that the clarification became …...