Nigeria’s main opposition party, People’s Democratic Party on Wednesday claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress plans to rig the 2019 general elections. The party made this known in a press conference by the Presidential Campaign Organisation’s director of media and publicity, Kola Ologbodiyan. Ologbodiyan claimed there is “a fresh plot by the Muhammadu Buhari […]
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The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has notified Nigerians of her plans in the new year, one of which is to make Nigeria’s economy the most innovative in the entire Africa as soon as she emerges President. In a press statement on Tuesday, she said that if well-managed, […]
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It was a year that was too slow in going away and one that began on a contentious note politically speaking. As the year 2018 runs full course today, it would be apt to state that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s special press statement of January 23, 2018 effectively signposted the commencement of the pre-election year’s […]
Continue ReadingBarely a month after the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost four members of its caucus to other political parties, two more members of the party announced their resignation on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The defecting lawmakers announced their resignations in separate letters to the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara where they cited […]
Continue ReadingDr Agbakoba Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said that the coalition of forces will officially unveil its consensus presidential candidate by January next year. This is just as he described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst in the history […]
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina has said his principal would rather lose the 2019 presidential election than rig it. The presidential spokesman said this during a programme on ARISE TV, yesterday. In his comments on concerns raised ahead of the 2019 elections, Adesina assured […]
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Zenith Labour Party Presidential candidate, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has shelved his presidential ambition to contest the Ondo central senatorial seat in 2019. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Mr John Paul Akinduro, who said his principal announced his withdrawal from the race while meeting with the party faithful and some national leaders […]
Continue ReadingChief Olusegun Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken a swipe at politicians who use other people’s children as thugs while shielding theirs from trouble.The denunciation came amid concerns that parts of the nation may experience violence during the 2019 general elections. He made the condemnation on Wednesday while delivering a paper at the inauguration […]
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday adjourned its plenary session for the day over faulty microphone system. The House had on Tuesday adjourned plenary to Wednesday due to the same reason. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, said the problem has not been fixed because it can only be done by the manufacturers of the […]
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Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described the statement credited to the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, asking him to resign his Senate position on a moral ground as a joke. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Wednesday during Islamic prayers for his late father’s sixth remembrance anniversary, the Senate President […]
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