2019 elections in nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari; Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, and Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, have embarked on a last-minute move to save Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, from an impending loss of the state All Progressives Congress ticket for the 2019 governorship election. READ...

An aspirant in the governorship race of Lagos State, Jide Sanwo-Olu, has said his participation is about the Lagos of his dream and not due to the endorsement of party leader, Bola Tinubu. He said this while addressing journalists at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress...

Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, has reportedly picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form to return to the lower legislative chamber. The development is an indication that the speaker has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP...

RICE farmers under the aegis of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), have contributed about N56.8 million for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. They promised to contribute weekly to fund the President’s campaign. READ MORE HERE

ANALYSIS: 2019: PDP presidential aspirants whose ambitions are dogged by corruption allegations Last week, I in my humble and bias opinion performed an e-screening for PDP Aspirant, but was ignored by many. However, my selection criteria attracted happen to be a major issue that a Premium Times...

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has said Nigerians will enjoy 24 hours electricity if President Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected. He said the Buhari administration has achieved a lot in security, road, war against corruption and so on. READ MORE HERE

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research unit of The Economist Magazine, has predicted that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the upcoming 2019 presidential election. READ MORE HERE

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Some groups in Kaduna state have purchased expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna. While receiving the forms at government house, Kaduna on Monday, the governor said he does not have up to N20 million in his...

It emerged yesterday that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are running from pillar to post over the party’s presidential aspirants who seem to be set for a showdown in the battle for the party’s ticket. So far, there are 12 presidential aspirants in the race and whoever becomes...

One hundred and twenty governorship aspirants have paid N6m each to pick the expression of interest and nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party, investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH have revealed. Also, the party had sold the nomination forms to 12 presidential aspirants as of Saturday...

The family of late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu has vowed not to support wife of the Igbo leader, Bianca even if she emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, ahead of the 2019 general elections. According to them, Bianca was not from Anambra, and cannot lead the people of...

THE presidential aspirations of Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo may suffer a setback following the planned defection of his younger brother, Buhari Mohammed Dankwambo popularly called (BHD), and another strong supporter of the Governor, Auwal Abdullahi Gafakan Akko to the All...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is unfit to lead Nigeria. Yekini Nabena, APC National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Wednesday READ MORE HERE

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says six governors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will join its fold soon. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, also said twenty-seven members of the national assembly in the ruling party will be heading to the...

Yusuph Olaniyonu, special adviser to Senate President Bukola Saraki on media, has wondered what the business of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is with his principal’s aspiration to be president. On Wednesday, Yekini Nabena, APC’s acting spokesman, described the presidential aspiration of...

Desperate for a second term, five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are seeking a secret pact with President Muhammadu Buhari on the 2019 general elections. Specifically, the deal is for the governors to support Buhari’s re-election in return for the Presidency’s backing in their bid to...