2019 presidential election news

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 …...

John Campbell, former US ambassador to Nigeria, says 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 Peoples Democratic Party is currently filing its petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the 2019 presidential election. The party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have gathered a team of lawyers at the Court of Appeal, venue of the...

The INEC staff who was reportedly kidnapped during the presidential election has staged an escaped from his abductors...... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2H6vanu Get More Nigeria Metro News

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, adduced reasons why he applied for an order to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to surrender all the materials … Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria –...

Leader of the defunct Reformed All Progressives Congress (RAPC), Alhaji Buba Galadima, in this interview with ONWUKA NZESHI, warns that the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections slated for Saturday would be worse than what Nigerians witnessed … Read More Here Get More Nigeria...

A three-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has reserved ruling on the ex-parte motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking an order granting them access to inspect the electoral materials used for the...

The staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari who bathed inside a gutter and consumed drainage water when the president emerged winner of the February 23 presidential election has been confirmed dead. Bala Haruna was reported to have died after battling with gastrointestinal bleeding in...

A close race was predicted between Muhammadu Buhari and his main rival Atiku Abubakar. In the end the incumbent won the Nigerian presidential election with almost four million votes. After the results were declared, Atiku cried foul, pointing out numerous flaws and manipulations of the...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has predicted that Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 23 election, will face “insurmountable legal obstacles” at the Presidential Election Petition’s Tribunal. Falana in a statement on Tuesday...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, and his party, yesterday, commenced legal process challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls. The applicants had...

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus has led a delegation of party chieftains and members to the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Abuja over the outcome of the February 23 Presidential polls. PDP rejected the outcome of the election...

The Bishop of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo has lampooned the last presidential and National Assembly elections, which he said was marred with widespread rigging. Bishop Oyedepo Speaking during the Sunday service at the Church … Read more via...

The Bishop of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo has lampooned the last presidential and National Assembly elections, which he said was marred with widespread rigging. Bishop Oyedepo Speaking during the Sunday service at the Church headquarter in Ota, Ogun...

The Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) has written to the international community to caution the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Specifically, the presidential campaign group petitioned the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU). The group...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to run an inclusive government this time. Buhari was re-elected in the February 23 election, defeating Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the presidential election, the day he left and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Channels Television, Sunday night, Akpabio said his exit made the opposition party...

Following the re-election of the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari at the just concluded presidential and national assembly elections, the volume of foreign exchange that flowed in through the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week increased...

Mr. Chinenye Anyanwu is the Managing Director and CEO of Dependable Securities, a stock brokerage firm. In this interview, he gave insight into the sell-offs that engulfed the equities market on announcement of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of 2019 presidential election. He...

Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner of the 2019 presidential election. To celebrate his victory, a dinner was held in his honor at the Presidential Conference Hall, State House in Abuja last night Saturday March 2nd..... Read more via YabaLeftOnline –...