2019 general election news

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has mocked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The ruling party said Atiku is suffering from post-election depression following his claim that he that he defeated Buhari with 1,615,302 votes. The PDP presidential...

A spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Buba Galadima, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using the military to intimidate voters and rig the just concluded elections. Mr Galadima, while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday, said the...

AS the nation gets ready for the supplementary elections scheduled for this Saturday, March 23, 2019, the eyes of Nigerians and the international community are still on the Independent National Electoral Commission............. Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2WbBi0Z Get...

One Alhaji Amadu Garkuwa and Ibrahim Abdul, were on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Abubakar Jauro of the state’s High Court, sitting in Gombe. The suspects were arraigned by Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 19, 2019 on a one-count charge …...

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday refuted rumours going round that he was in Kano and meddling in the state’s rescheduled elections. Tinubu in a statement said he had not been in Kano at any point during the conduct of the elections. A copy … Read...

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to the rumour going round that he is at present in Kano and meddling in the Kano elections. “Asiwaju is not in Kano and has not been in Kano at any point during the conduct of … Read more via Leadership Newspaper...

Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has said the 2019 presidential election in the country has been bad news for democracy. Campbell, who also served as US Department of State Foreign Service Officer from 1975 to 2007, said the election was “marred by historically low turnout and...

The House of Representatives has adopted a motion to probe the involvement of military personnel during the just concluded general election. The House of Representatives member representing Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South federal constituency of Enugu State, Hon. Asadu Patrick, in his motion tagged...

Following the order of a Federal High Court, Abuja barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from continuing with the collation and declaration of the result of the Bauchi State governorship election held on March 9, 2019, the commission has vowed to take steps … Read more...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said there is no special ceremony prepared for anybody whose name did not appear on its list of successful candidates in the 2019 general elections. “There is no special ceremony for anybody. I think we should get that one quite …...

The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Peter Obi has said that by challenging the outcome of the election in court, the party’s standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, and the party have chosen the most civilised manner to …...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s posturing that he will not manipulate the March 23 governorship supplementary elections is a direct confession that the Presidency used its influence to rig the February 23 presidential election. It said it was also a...

Mohammed Abubakar, governor of Bauchi state, says he is heading to court to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) decision to resume collation of results in the state. The election in the north-west state was declared inconclusive based on controversies in the...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has enjoined the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to publicly apologise to him, saying that the military’s indictment by the Independent National Electoral … Read more via...

The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has commended the decision of Independent National Electoral Commission over its decision to cancel the proposed supplementary. The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Hamza Koshe Akuyam while speaking to journalists in Bauchi on … Read more via...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the relevant authorities to call soldiers to order following intimidation and arrest of electoral officers in Rivers state. According to INEC, results from 17 out of the 23 local government areas (LGA) … Read more via...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has described the 2019 general elections as an‘expensive joke’. Falana, who was a guest on ChannelsTelevision’s Sunrise Daily, urged Nigerians to organize themselves... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2JdVsWG Get More Nigeria Political News

Indications have emerged to the effect that incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara may not by seeking re-election to the position he currently occupies. This may not be unconnected with emerging realities surrounding the political fortune of … Read more...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 15 seats in the Ogun State House of Assembly, losing 11 other constituencies in the state to opposition political parties. Of the 26-member legislature, the Allied People’s Movement (APM) secured victory in seven constituencies while the African...

The second term ambition of Kogi State governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello may not be a smooth sail as expected with ongoing plans to deny him the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A reliable source who wished to be anonymous disclosed that plans are afoot to give … Read...