Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is currently having a closed-door meeting with nine governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This was disclosed by Buhari’s assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on Thursday afternoon. “President Muhammadu Buhari holds a closed-door…
Governors set to battle Oshiomhole as APC fresh crisis brews (PremiumTimes)
A fresh crisis is brewing in the ranks of Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) with at least four state governors prepared for battle with the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole. The state governors: Abdulaziz Yari of…
Election: KSM cautions against vote buying, selling
Popular Catholic religious group, the Knight of Saint Mulumba (KSM), Nigeria has advised all registered voters to reject the lure of selling and buying of their votes by selfish politicians as doing so will be tantamount to mortgaging their destinies…
INEC declares Osun governorship election inconclusive (PremiumTimes) *Atiku to Obasanjo: It’s your business if you’ve problem with me (Sun)
INEC declares Osun governorship election inconclusive (PremiumTimes) The electoral commission, INEC, has declared the Osun State governorship election “inconclusive.” The declaration was made by Joseph Fuwape, the presiding officer of the election at the INEC headquarters in Osun. At the…
Cabal rules Nigerians, not Buhari, Saraki reveals (Punch)
The presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said Nigerians who voted President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 had been shortchanged because instead of the President, a few people who constituted themselves as a cabal had been…
Shehu Sani admits Buhari failed, but will emerge president in 2019 (Punch)
Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, has revealed that the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari and the emergence of more presidential aspirants will not “stop him emerging the next leader of Nigeria.” Sani said this when he appeared on a…
Why I want to unseat Ambode in 2019, Tinubu ally Sanwo-Olu speaks, submits APC nomination form
A Lagos 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, PremiumTimes reports. He said this while…
PDP governors meet presidential aspirants, kick against consensus candidacy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Tuesday met with the party’s presidential aspirants, stating after the meeting that they would prefer a healthy primary contest to the attempt of the party leadership to produce a consensus presidential candidate.…
2019: The selfish, weakest have exited APC – Buhari (Vanguard)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that those who defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to other political parties were the selfish and weakest members who could not align with the vision of his administration. President Buhari stated this…
INEC registers 14.5m new voters ahead of 2019 election (Guardian)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has placed the total number of newly registered voters as 14,551,482 ahead of the 2019 general election. The Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement during the Commission’s third quarterly consultative meeting…